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 85
Next the Justice , With fair round belly , with good capon lined , With eyes severe ,
and beard of formal cut , Full of wise saws , and modern instances : And so he
plays his part . When Mrs Bertram of Ellangowan was able to hear the news of ...
Next the Justice , With fair round belly , with good capon lined , With eyes severe ,
and beard of formal cut , Full of wise saws , and modern instances : And so he
plays his part . When Mrs Bertram of Ellangowan was able to hear the news of ...
Page 86
Her fingers itched to break the seal , but credulity proved stronger than curiosity ,
and she had the firmness to inclose it , in all its integrity , within two slips of
parchment , which she sowed round it , to prevent its being chafed . The whole
was ...
Her fingers itched to break the seal , but credulity proved stronger than curiosity ,
and she had the firmness to inclose it , in all its integrity , within two slips of
parchment , which she sowed round it , to prevent its being chafed . The whole
was ...
Page 94
The decrepid damé , who travelled round the parish upon a hand - bar . row ,
circulating from house to house like a bad shilling , which every one is in haste to
pass upon his neighbour ; she , who used to call for her bearers as loud , or
louder ...
The decrepid damé , who travelled round the parish upon a hand - bar . row ,
circulating from house to house like a bad shilling , which every one is in haste to
pass upon his neighbour ; she , who used to call for her bearers as loud , or
louder ...
Page 96
And the lady , on ilka Christmas night as it came round , gae twelve siller pennies
to ilka puir body about , in honour of the twelve apostles like . They were fond to
ca ' it papistrie ; but I think our great folk might take a lesson frae the papists ...
And the lady , on ilka Christmas night as it came round , gae twelve siller pennies
to ilka puir body about , in honour of the twelve apostles like . They were fond to
ca ' it papistrie ; but I think our great folk might take a lesson frae the papists ...
Page 185
To be sure he did gie an awesome glance up at the auld castle — and there was
some spae - wark gaed on - I aye heard that ; but as for his vanishing , I held the
stirrup mysell when he gaed away , and he gied me a round half - crown - he ...
To be sure he did gie an awesome glance up at the auld castle — and there was
some spae - wark gaed on - I aye heard that ; but as for his vanishing , I held the
stirrup mysell when he gaed away , and he gied me a round half - crown - he ...
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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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