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 18
Allan Bertram of Ellangowan , who flourished tempore Caroli primi , was , says
my authority , Sir Robert Douglas , in his Scottish Baronage , ( see the title
Ellangowan , ) “ a steady loyalist , and full of zeal for the cause of his sacred
majesty , in ...
Allan Bertram of Ellangowan , who flourished tempore Caroli primi , was , says
my authority , Sir Robert Douglas , in his Scottish Baronage , ( see the title
Ellangowan , ) “ a steady loyalist , and full of zeal for the cause of his sacred
majesty , in ...
Page 22
This was the New Place of Ellangowan , in which we left our hero , better amused
, perhaps , than our readers , and to this Lewis Bertram retreated , full of projects
for re - establishing the prosperity of his family . He took some land into his own ...
This was the New Place of Ellangowan , in which we left our hero , better amused
, perhaps , than our readers , and to this Lewis Bertram retreated , full of projects
for re - establishing the prosperity of his family . He took some land into his own ...
Page 89
vote upon Ellangowan ' s property , as has been before observed ; and he was
now determined that his patron should have one also , as there was no doubt
which side Mr Bertram would embrace in the contest . He easily persuaded ...
vote upon Ellangowan ' s property , as has been before observed ; and he was
now determined that his patron should have one also , as there was no doubt
which side Mr Bertram would embrace in the contest . He easily persuaded ...
Page 96
They thought “ naething of what the like of Greenside , or Burnville , or Viewforth ,
might do , that were strangers in the country ; but Ellangowan ! that had been a
name amang them since the mirk Monanday , and lang before He to be grinding
...
They thought “ naething of what the like of Greenside , or Burnville , or Viewforth ,
might do , that were strangers in the country ; but Ellangowan ! that had been a
name amang them since the mirk Monanday , and lang before He to be grinding
...
Page 129
To all these revenue adventures did the Laird of Ellangowan seriously incline ,
and the amusement which he derived from his society formed an excellent
reason for countepancing and assisting the narrator in the execution of his
invidious and ...
To all these revenue adventures did the Laird of Ellangowan seriously incline ,
and the amusement which he derived from his society formed an excellent
reason for countepancing and assisting the narrator in the execution of his
invidious and ...
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