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 11
... 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 pints o ' tippeny , to tell us . how my ...
... 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 pints o ' tippeny , to tell us . how my ...
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... 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.
... 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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... ment which her attention might have sup- plied , and then as an excuse for pressing an extra bottle of good wine . " I cannot well sleep , " said the Laird , with the anxious feelings of a father in such a predicament , " till I hear ...
... ment which her attention might have sup- plied , and then as an excuse for pressing an extra bottle of good wine . " I cannot well sleep , " said the Laird , with the anxious feelings of a father in such a predicament , " till I hear ...
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... ment upon resolving a question of nati- vity . " Upon the present occasion , he arose as early in the morning as the shortness of the day permitted , and proceeded to cal- culate the nativity of the young heir of Ellangowan . He ...
... ment upon resolving a question of nati- vity . " Upon the present occasion , he arose as early in the morning as the shortness of the day permitted , and proceeded to cal- culate the nativity of the young heir of Ellangowan . He ...
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... been formerly closed by a range of build- ings ; but owing , it was said , to its having been battered by the ships of the Parlia- ment under Deane , during the long civil war , this part of the castle was much more 62 GUY MANNERING .
... been formerly closed by a range of build- ings ; but owing , it was said , to its having been battered by the ships of the Parlia- ment under Deane , during the long civil war , this part of the castle was much more 62 GUY MANNERING .
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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