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Guy Mannering
Guy Mannering

Chapter XXXI · Chapter 31

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A prison is a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive.
Sometimes a place of right, Sometimes a place of wrong, Sometimes a place of rogues and thieves, And honest men among.
Inscription on Edinburgh Tollbooth.
Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.
This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Guy Mannering

Chapter XXXI · Chapter 31

Chapter 31 of Guy Mannering is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/15 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
A prison is a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive.
Line 2
Sometimes a place of right, Sometimes a place of wrong, Sometimes a place of rogues and thieves, And honest men among.
Line 3
Inscription on Edinburgh Tollbooth.
Line 4
Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.
Line 5
This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

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A

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From this reading A prison is a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive.

adjoined

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

alive

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From this reading A prison is a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive.

among

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From this reading Sometimes a place of right, Sometimes a place of wrong, Sometimes a place of rogues and thieves, And honest men among.

and

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From this reading Sometimes a place of right, Sometimes a place of wrong, Sometimes a place of rogues and thieves, And honest men among.

appointed

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From this reading Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.

at

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From this reading Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.

attendants

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From this reading Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.

back

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

Bertram

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From this reading Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.

both

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

broke

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

brought

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From this reading Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.

building

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

bulwark

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

can

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From this reading A prison is a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive.

care

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From this reading A prison is a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive.

carriage

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From this reading Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.

close

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

confinement

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From this reading Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.

convey

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From this reading Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.

Custom-house

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

defend

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

disposed

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

Early

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From this reading Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.

Edinburgh

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From this reading Inscription on Edinburgh Tollbooth.

established

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

following

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From this reading Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.

for

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From this reading A prison is a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive.

friend

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From this reading A prison is a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive.

grave

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From this reading A prison is a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive.

had

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From this reading Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.

Hazlewood

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From this reading Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.

him

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From this reading Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.

his

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From this reading Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.

honest

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From this reading Sometimes a place of right, Sometimes a place of wrong, Sometimes a place of rogues and thieves, And honest men among.

house

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From this reading A prison is a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive.

huge

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

in

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

Inscription

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From this reading Inscription on Edinburgh Tollbooth.

is

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From this reading A prison is a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive.

it

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

large

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

little

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

men

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From this reading Sometimes a place of right, Sometimes a place of wrong, Sometimes a place of rogues and thieves, And honest men among.

morning

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From this reading Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.

necessary

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

none

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From this reading A prison is a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive.

of

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From this reading A prison is a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive.

often

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

on

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From this reading Inscription on Edinburgh Tollbooth.

one

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From this reading A prison is a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive.

or

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

part

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

place

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From this reading A prison is a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive.

Portanferry

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From this reading Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.

prison

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From this reading A prison is a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive.

rampart

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

reached

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

right

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From this reading Sometimes a place of right, Sometimes a place of wrong, Sometimes a place of rogues and thieves, And honest men among.

rogues

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From this reading Sometimes a place of right, Sometimes a place of wrong, Sometimes a place of rogues and thieves, And honest men among.

sea-beach

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

seaport

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

silent

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From this reading Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.

situated

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

slope

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

so

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

Sometimes

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From this reading Sometimes a place of right, Sometimes a place of wrong, Sometimes a place of rogues and thieves, And honest men among.

stones

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

strong

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

surf

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

surly

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From this reading Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.

that

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

the

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From this reading Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.

them

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

thieves

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From this reading Sometimes a place of right, Sometimes a place of wrong, Sometimes a place of rogues and thieves, And honest men among.

This

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

thrive

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From this reading A prison is a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive.

to

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From this reading A prison is a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive.

Tollbooth

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From this reading Inscription on Edinburgh Tollbooth.

touchstone

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From this reading A prison is a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive.

towards

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

true

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From this reading A prison is a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive.

try

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From this reading A prison is a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive.

two

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From this reading Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.

upon

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

was

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From this reading Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.

were

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From this reading This building adjoined to the Custom-house established at that little seaport, and both were situated so close to the sea-beach that it was necessary to defend the back part with a large and strong rampart or bulwark of huge stones, disposed in a slope towards the surf, which often reached and broke upon them.

where

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From this reading A prison is a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive.

which

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From this reading Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.

with

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From this reading Early on the following morning, the carriage which had brought Bertram to Hazlewood House, was, with his two silent and surly attendants, appointed to convey him to his place of confinement at Portanferry.

wrong

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From this reading Sometimes a place of right, Sometimes a place of wrong, Sometimes a place of rogues and thieves, And honest men among.

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