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
These two cross - grained epithets of malignant and resolutioner cost poor Sir
Allan one half of the family estate . His son Dennis Bertram married a daughter of
an eminent fanatic , who had a seat in the council of state , and saved by that ...
These two cross - grained epithets of malignant and resolutioner cost poor Sir
Allan one half of the family estate . His son Dennis Bertram married a daughter of
an eminent fanatic , who had a seat in the council of state , and saved by that ...
Page 28
... which have afforded legitimate subjects of raillery against the poor scholar from
Juvenal ' s time downward . It was never known that Sampson either exhibited
irritability at this ill usage , or made the least attempt to retort upon his tormentors .
... which have afforded legitimate subjects of raillery against the poor scholar from
Juvenal ' s time downward . It was never known that Sampson either exhibited
irritability at this ill usage , or made the least attempt to retort upon his tormentors .
Page 96
... 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 the poor at that rate
!
... 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 the poor at that rate
!
Page 100
There are at this day in Scotland ( besides a great many poor families very
meanly provided for by the church boxes , with others , who , by living upon bad
food , fall into various diseases ) two hundred thousand people begging from
door to ...
There are at this day in Scotland ( besides a great many poor families very
meanly provided for by the church boxes , with others , who , by living upon bad
food , fall into various diseases ) two hundred thousand people begging from
door to ...
Page 101
ders have been discovered among them ; and they are not only a most
unspeakable oppression to poor tenants , ( who , if they give not bread , or some
kind of provision to perhaps forty such villains in one day , are sure to be insulted
by them ...
ders have been discovered among them ; and they are not only a most
unspeakable oppression to poor tenants , ( who , if they give not bread , or some
kind of provision to perhaps forty such villains in one day , are sure to be insulted
by them ...
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| Title | Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 1 Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Contributors | James Ballantyne and Co, Archibald Constable & Co, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | James Ballantyne and Company For Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; and Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh., 1815 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 358 pages |
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