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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Ow , man ! ye should hae hadden easel to Kippletringan - ye maun gae back as
far as the Whaap , and haud the Whaap till ye come to Ballenloan , and then " “
This will never do , good dame ! my horse is almost quite set up - can you not
give ...
Ow , man ! ye should hae hadden easel to Kippletringan - ye maun gae back as
far as the Whaap , and haud the Whaap till ye come to Ballenloan , and then " “
This will never do , good dame ! my horse is almost quite set up - can you not
give ...
Page 102
Still , however , enough remained to give occasional . alarm and constant
vexation . Some rude handicrafts were entirely resigned to these itinerants ,
particularly the art of trencher - making , of manufacturing horn - spoons , and the
whole ...
Still , however , enough remained to give occasional . alarm and constant
vexation . Some rude handicrafts were entirely resigned to these itinerants ,
particularly the art of trencher - making , of manufacturing horn - spoons , and the
whole ...
Page 275
take a book for an hour or two after re . tiring to my own room , which I think I have
told you opens to a small balcony , looking down upon that beautiful lake , of
which I attempted to give you a slight sketch . Mervyn Hall , being pattly an
ancient ...
take a book for an hour or two after re . tiring to my own room , which I think I have
told you opens to a small balcony , looking down upon that beautiful lake , of
which I attempted to give you a slight sketch . Mervyn Hall , being pattly an
ancient ...
Page 306
To give him money , and bid him go and furnish himself , would be only giving
him the means of making himself ridiculous ; for when such a rare event arrived
to Mr Sampson , as the purchase of new garments , the additions which he made
to ...
To give him money , and bid him go and furnish himself , would be only giving
him the means of making himself ridiculous ; for when such a rare event arrived
to Mr Sampson , as the purchase of new garments , the additions which he made
to ...
Page 325
V . BROWN - I will not give at full length his thrice unhappy name — had been
from infancy a ball for fortune to spurn at ; but nature had given him that elasticity
of mind , which rises higher from the rebound , His form was tall , manly , and
active ...
V . BROWN - I will not give at full length his thrice unhappy name — had been
from infancy a ball for fortune to spurn at ; but nature had given him that elasticity
of mind , which rises higher from the rebound , His form was tall , manly , and
active ...
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