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BY
MARY BRUNTON
CHAPTER I1
CHAPTER II11
CHAPTER III19
CHAPTER IV32
CHAPTER V41
CHAPTER VI51
CHAPTER VII61
CHAPTER VIII73
CHAPTER IX83
CHAPTER X101
CHAPTER XI114
CHAPTER XII124
CHAPTER XIII143
CHAPTER XIV156
CHAPTER XV165
CHAPTER XVI178
CHAPTER XVII193
CHAPTER XVIII210
CHAPTER XIX217
CHAPTER XX231
CHAPTER XXI244
CHAPTER XXII257
CHAPTER XXIII269
CHAPTER XXIV286
CHAPTER XXV301
CHAPTER XXVI313
CHAPTER XXVII327
CHAPTER XXVIII340
CHAPTER XXIX351
CHAPTER XXX367
—I was wayward, bold, and wild;
A self-willed imp; a grandame's child;
But, half a plague and half a jest,
Was still endured, beloved, carest.
Walter Scott
I have heard it remarked, that he who writes his own history ought topossess Irish humour, Scotch prudence, and English sincerity;—thefirst, that his work may be read; the second that it may be read withoutinjury to himself; the third, that the perusal of it may be profitableto others. I might, perhaps, with truth declare, that I po