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 232
Her communication with Mr Mac - Morlan encouraged her to hope , that she
would not be suddenly or unkindly deprived of this asylum ; but fortune had
ordered otherwise . For two days before the appointed day . for the sale of the
lands and ...
Her communication with Mr Mac - Morlan encouraged her to hope , that she
would not be suddenly or unkindly deprived of this asylum ; but fortune had
ordered otherwise . For two days before the appointed day . for the sale of the
lands and ...
Page 235
Fortune generously determined to take the blame upon herself , and cut off even
this vent of Mr Mac - Morlan ' s resentment . An express arrived about six o ' clock
at night , “ very particularly drunk , ” the maid servant said , with a packet from ...
Fortune generously determined to take the blame upon herself , and cut off even
this vent of Mr Mac - Morlan ' s resentment . An express arrived about six o ' clock
at night , “ very particularly drunk , ” the maid servant said , with a packet from ...
Page 242
The visitors were hospitably welcomed by Mrs Mac - Morlan , to whom , as well
as to others , her husband intimated that he had engaged Dominie Sampson ' s
assistance to disentangle some perplexed accounts ; during which occupation ,
he ...
The visitors were hospitably welcomed by Mrs Mac - Morlan , to whom , as well
as to others , her husband intimated that he had engaged Dominie Sampson ' s
assistance to disentangle some perplexed accounts ; during which occupation ,
he ...
Page 243
Dominie Sampson achieved with great zeal such tasks as Mr Mac - Morlan chose
to entrust him with : but it was speedily observed , that , at a certain hour after
break , fast , he regularly disappeared , and return . ed again about dinner time .
Dominie Sampson achieved with great zeal such tasks as Mr Mac - Morlan chose
to entrust him with : but it was speedily observed , that , at a certain hour after
break , fast , he regularly disappeared , and return . ed again about dinner time .
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ment that she should have preferred MacMorlan ' s invitation to theirs , had
gradual . ly withdrawn their notice . The fate of ... Mac - Morlan had given a full
account of his proceedings towards the daughter of his patrón . The answer was
a ...
ment that she should have preferred MacMorlan ' s invitation to theirs , had
gradual . ly withdrawn their notice . The fate of ... Mac - Morlan had given a full
account of his proceedings towards the daughter of his patrón . The answer was
a ...
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