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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... door with no small difficulty , and for some time knocked without producing any other answer than a duett between a female and a cur- dog , the latter yelping as if he would have barked his heart out , the other screaming in chorus . By ...
... door with no small difficulty , and for some time knocked without producing any other answer than a duett between a female and a cur- dog , the latter yelping as if he would have barked his heart out , the other screaming in chorus . By ...
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... door to ony of your gang- there - out sort o ' bodies . " - " But what must I do then , good dame ? for I can't sleep here upon the road all night ? " * " Troth , I ken na , unless ye like to gae down andspeer for quarters at the Place ...
... door to ony of your gang- there - out sort o ' bodies . " - " But what must I do then , good dame ? for I can't sleep here upon the road all night ? " * " Troth , I ken na , unless ye like to gae down andspeer for quarters at the Place ...
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... door ; and ye'll be come in the canny mo- ment I'm thinking , for the laird's servant- that's no to say his body - servant , but the helper like - rade express by this e'en to fetch the houdie , and he just staid the drinking o ' twa ...
... door ; and ye'll be come in the canny mo- ment I'm thinking , for the laird's servant- that's no to say his body - servant , but the helper like - rade express by this e'en to fetch the houdie , and he just staid the drinking o ' twa ...
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... a hantle bogles about it -- but ye needna be feared - I never saw ony mysell , and we're just at the door of the New Place . " Accordingly , leaving the ruins on the right , a few steps brought the traveller in front GUY MANNERING . 13.
... a hantle bogles about it -- but ye needna be feared - I never saw ony mysell , and we're just at the door of the New Place . " Accordingly , leaving the ruins on the right , a few steps brought the traveller in front GUY MANNERING . 13.
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... doors the Rev. Aaron Macbriar , his mo- ther's chaplain , ( it is said they quarrelled about the good graces of a milk - maid , ) drank himself daily drunk with brimming healths to the king , council , and bishops ; held orgies with the ...
... doors the Rev. Aaron Macbriar , his mo- ther's chaplain , ( it is said they quarrelled about the good graces of a milk - maid , ) drank himself daily drunk with brimming healths to the king , council , and bishops ; held orgies with the ...
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