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JOHN DE LANCASTER.
VOLUME I.
| Contents. JOHN DE LANCASTER. BOOK THE FIRST. CHAPTER I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII., VIII., IX. BOOK THE SECOND. I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII. BOOK THE THIRD. I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII. Some typographical errors have been corrected;a list follows the text. (etext transcriber's note) |
JOHN DE LANCASTER.
A NOVEL.
BY
RICHARD CUMBERLAND, ESQ.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR LACKINGTON, ALLEN, AND CO.
TEMPLE OF THE MUSES,
FINSBURY-SQUARE.
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1809.
Harding and Wright, Printers, St. John’s Square.
JOHN DE LANCASTER.
BOOK THE FIRST.
CHAPTER I.
The Reader is made acquainted with the Family of De Lancaster.
On the first of March 1751, Robert De Lancaster, a native of NorthWales, and grandfather of my hero, had assembled his friends andneighbours to celebrate, according to custom, the anniversary of theirtutelary saint.
I enter at once upon my story without any introduction, having alreadyannounced this novel in my Memoirs, and I flatter myself, if it isperused with that candour, to which fair dealing has...