Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 1James Ballantyne and Company For Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; and Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh., 1815 - 358 pages |
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Page 215
one side of the old man was a sylph - like forma young woman of about
seventeen , whom the Colonel accounted to be his daughter . She was looking ,
from time to time , anxiously towards the avenue , as if expecting the post - chaise
; and ...
one side of the old man was a sylph - like forma young woman of about
seventeen , whom the Colonel accounted to be his daughter . She was looking ,
from time to time , anxiously towards the avenue , as if expecting the post - chaise
; and ...
Page 235
An express arrived about six o ' clock at night , “ very particularly drunk , ” the
maid servant said , with a packet from Colonel Mannering , dated four days back ,
at a town about a hundred miles distance from Kippletringan , containing full ...
An express arrived about six o ' clock at night , “ very particularly drunk , ” the
maid servant said , with a packet from Colonel Mannering , dated four days back ,
at a town about a hundred miles distance from Kippletringan , containing full ...
Page 314
Miss Mannering was furred and mantled up to the throat against the severity of
the weather ; the Colonel in his military great coat . He bowed to Mrs Mac - Mor .
lan , whom his daughter also acknowledged with a fashionable courtesy , not ...
Miss Mannering was furred and mantled up to the throat against the severity of
the weather ; the Colonel in his military great coat . He bowed to Mrs Mac - Mor .
lan , whom his daughter also acknowledged with a fashionable courtesy , not ...
Page 326
had been his choice , and in which he had now attained the rank of captain , the
person who succeeded Colonel Mannering in his command baving laboured to
repair the injustice which Brown had sustained by that gentleman ' s prejudice ...
had been his choice , and in which he had now attained the rank of captain , the
person who succeeded Colonel Mannering in his command baving laboured to
repair the injustice which Brown had sustained by that gentleman ' s prejudice ...
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1 Why , he was a dark officer - looking ' mon , at they called colonel - Squoire Mer
. vyn questioned me as close as had I been at sizes I had a guess , Mr Dawson ' (
I told you that was my feigned name ) — But I tould him nought of your ...
1 Why , he was a dark officer - looking ' mon , at they called colonel - Squoire Mer
. vyn questioned me as close as had I been at sizes I had a guess , Mr Dawson ' (
I told you that was my feigned name ) — But I tould him nought of your ...
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