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...Excerpt: Subject Of Contention. One midnight of a winter month the sleepers in Riversley Grange were awakened by a ringing of the outer bell and blows upon the great hall-doors. Squire Beltham was master there: the other members of the household were, his daughter Dorothy Beltham; a married daughter ...

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........ 31 4. THE TRUTH ABOUT PYECRAFT ......................................................................................... 41 5. MR. SKELMERSDALE IN FAIRYLAND .............................................................................. 51 6. THE STORY OF THE INEXPERIENCED GHOST .............................................................. 64 7. JIMMY GOGGLES THE GOD...

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.......................................................................................................................................... 25 VARIATIONS IN THE AUTHOR?S MANUSCRIPT PREFACE. ........................................................................ 31 PASTORALS, WITH A DISCOURSE ON PASTORAL POETRY. WRITTEN IN THE YEAR MDCCIV...... 32 SPRING .........................

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