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Author: Margaret Oliphant
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Author: Margaret Oliphant
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732689565
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 410

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Reproduction of the original: Sir Robert ́s Fortune by Margaret Oliphant

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Author: Margaret Wilson Oliphant
Publisher: General Books
ISBN: 9781458974792
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Languages : en
Pages : 324

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. Lily's room was faintly illuminated by a couple of candles, which, as it was a large room with gloomy furniture, made little more than darkness visible, except about the table on which they stood, the white cover of which, and the dressing-glass that stood upon it, diffused the light a little. It was not one of those dainty chambers in which our Lilys of the present days are housed. One side of the room was occupied by a large wardrobe of almost black mahogany, polished and gleaming with many years' manipulation, but out of reach of these little lights. The bed was a large four-post bed, which once had been hung with those moreen curtains, which were the triumph of the bad taste of our fathers, and had their appropriate accompaniment in black hair-cloth sofas and chairs. Lily had been allowed to substitute for the moreen white dimity, which was almost as bad, and hung stiff as a board from the valance ornamented with bobs of cotton tassels. She could not help it if that was the best that could be done in her day. Everything, except the bed, was dark, and the distance of the large room was black as night, except for the relief of an open door into a small dressing-room which Robina occupied, and in which a weird little dip candle with a long wick unsnuffed was burning feebly. Nobody can imagine nowadays what is was to have candles whichrequired snuffing, and which, if not attended to, soon began to bend and topple over with a small red column of consumed wick, in the midst of a black and smoking crust. A silver snuffer tray is quite a pretty article nowadays, and proves that its possessor had a grandfather; but then The candles on the dressing-table, however, were carefully snuffed, and burnt as brightly as was possible for them while Robina took off her young mistr...

Author: Oliphant
Publisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781289539894
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Pages : 518

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Author: Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781544137964
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Pages : 304

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Sir Robert's Fortune

Author: Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret)
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Languages : en
Pages : 538

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Sir Robert's Fortune: A Novel, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable book falls within the genres of Language and Literatures, English literature

Author: Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret)
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Author: Маргарет Олифант
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5041272034
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 597

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