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 26
... Dominie Sampson . He was of low birth , but having evinced , even from his cradle , an uncommon seriousness of dispo- sition , the poor parents were encouraged to hope , that their bairn , as they express ed it , " might wag his pow in ...
... Dominie Sampson . He was of low birth , but having evinced , even from his cradle , an uncommon seriousness of dispo- sition , the poor parents were encouraged to hope , that their bairn , as they express ed it , " might wag his pow in ...
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... Dominie Sampson , ( for he had already attained that honourable title , ) descend the stairs from the Greek class , with his Lexi- con under his arm , his long mis - shapen legs sprawling abroad , and keeping awk- ward time to the play ...
... Dominie Sampson , ( for he had already attained that honourable title , ) descend the stairs from the Greek class , with his Lexi- con under his arm , his long mis - shapen legs sprawling abroad , and keeping awk- ward time to the play ...
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... no one had the means of observing closely , how Dominie Sampson bore a disappoint- ment which supplied the whole town where it happened with a week's sport . It would be endless even to mention the numerous jokes GUY MANNERING . 29.
... no one had the means of observing closely , how Dominie Sampson bore a disappoint- ment which supplied the whole town where it happened with a week's sport . It would be endless even to mention the numerous jokes GUY MANNERING . 29.
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... not very sleepry , and would do me and the Dominie the honour to sit up wi ' us , I am sure we will not detain you very late . - Luckie Howatson is very expeditious ; - there was B 2 GUY MANNERING . 33 CHAPTER III. ...
... not very sleepry , and would do me and the Dominie the honour to sit up wi ' us , I am sure we will not detain you very late . - Luckie Howatson is very expeditious ; - there was B 2 GUY MANNERING . 33 CHAPTER III. ...
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... Dominie - I am sure the kirk dues were all well paid , and what can a man do more ? —it was laid till her ere she had on a sark ower her head ; and the man that she since wad- ded does not think her a pin the worse for the misfortune ...
... Dominie - I am sure the kirk dues were all well paid , and what can a man do more ? —it was laid till her ere she had on a sark ower her head ; and the man that she since wad- ded does not think her a pin the worse for the misfortune ...
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ancient answered appearance Arthur Mervyn ASTROLOGER auld bairn Brown called castle Charles Hazlewood circumstances Colonel Mannering commanded daugh daughter Deacon dear Derncleugh Dirk Hatteraick Dominie Sampson door Dunbog Ellan eyes father fear feelings flageolet frae Frank Kennedy gentleman Glossin Godfrey Bertram GUY MANNERING gypsies Harry Bertram Hazlewood head heard honour hope horse hour judicial astrology Julia Kippletringan Laird of Ellangowan land landlady look lugger Mac-Candlish Mac-Morlan Mannering's Matilda maun ment Merrilies Mervyn Miss Bertram Miss Lucy Miss Mannering Morlan nering never night occasion parlour person Point of Warroch poor precentor puir racter reader ride round ruins scene Scotland seemed servant sloop sloop of war stranger supposed sure tell ther there's thing thought tion told turned vessel weel window wish wood Woodbourne ye'll young lady young Laird