SIR HARRY HOTSPUR OF HUMBLETHWAITE. CHAPTER I. Sir Harry Hotspur, Sir Harry Hotspcr of Humblethwaite was a mighty person in Cumberland, and one who well understood of what nature were the duties, and of what sort the magnificence, which his position as a great English commoner required of him. He had twenty thousand a year derived from land. His forefathers had owned the same property in Cumberland for nearly four centuries, and an estate nearly as large.in Durham for more than a century and a half. He had married an earl's daughter, and had always lived among men and women not only, of high rank, but also of high character. He had kept race-horses when he was young, as noblemen and gentlemen then did keep them, with no view to profit, calculating fairly their cost as a part of his annual outlay, and thinking that it was the proper thing to do for the improvement
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CHAPTER I Sir Harry Hotspur 7; - II Our Heroine 19; - III Lord Alfred's Courtship 33; - IV Vacillation 43; - V George Hotspur 54; - VI The Ball in Druton Street 65; - VII Lady Altringham 79; - VIII Airey Force 89; •- IX " I know what you are" 106; - X Mr Hart and Captain Stubber 119; - XI Mrs Morton 136; - XII The Hunt becomes hot 146; - XIII I will not desert him 157; - XIV Pertinacity 171; - XV Cousin George is hard pressed 180; - XVI Sir Harry's Return 194; - XVII "Let us Try" 208; - XVIU Good Advice 220; - XIX The new Smithy 232; - XX Cousin Ceorge's Success 244VI; CONTENTS; Page; CHAPTER XXI Emily Hotspur's Sermon256; XXII George Hotspur yields271; - XXIII I shall never be Married 29(5; - XXIV The End 301
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CHAPTER I Sir Harry Hotspur 7; - II Our Heroine 19; - III Lord Alfred's Courtship 33; - IV Vacillation 43; - V George Hotspur 54; - VI The Ball in Druton Street 65; - VII Lady Altringham 79; - VIII Airey Force 89; •- IX " I know what you are" 106; - X Mr Hart and Captain Stubber 119; - XI Mrs Morton 136; - XII The Hunt becomes hot 146; - XIII I will not desert him 157; - XIV Pertinacity 171; - XV Cousin George is hard pressed 180; - XVI Sir Harry's Return 194; - XVII "Let us Try" 208; - XVIU Good Advice 220; - XIX The new Smithy 232; - XX Cousin Ceorge's Success 244VI; CONTENTS; Page; CHAPTER XXI Emily Hotspur's Sermon256; XXII George Hotspur yields271; - XXIII I shall never be Married 29(5; - XXIV The End 301
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