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 35
But , to return to what I was saying , Luckie Howatson is very expeditious , for this
lass " Here the desultory and long narrative of the Laird of Ellangowan was
interrupted by the voice of some one ascending the stairs from the kitchen story ,
and ...
But , to return to what I was saying , Luckie Howatson is very expeditious , for this
lass " Here the desultory and long narrative of the Laird of Ellangowan was
interrupted by the voice of some one ascending the stairs from the kitchen story ,
and ...
Page 78
And then , Mr Mannering , there was the story about the road , and the fauld dike
_ I ken Sir Thomas was behind there , and I said plainly to the clerk to the trustees
that I saw the cloven foot , let them take that as they like - would any gentleman ...
And then , Mr Mannering , there was the story about the road , and the fauld dike
_ I ken Sir Thomas was behind there , and I said plainly to the clerk to the trustees
that I saw the cloven foot , let them take that as they like - would any gentleman ...
Page 193
O aye , sir , there ' s nae doubt of that , though there are mony idle clashes about
the way and manner ; for it ' s an auld story now , and every body tells it , as we
were doing , their ain way by the ingle - side . But lost the bairn was in his fifth ...
O aye , sir , there ' s nae doubt of that , though there are mony idle clashes about
the way and manner ; for it ' s an auld story now , and every body tells it , as we
were doing , their ain way by the ingle - side . But lost the bairn was in his fifth ...
Page 273
So he rallies , hands , and hobbles , ( for the dear creature has got the gout too , )
and tells old stories of high life , of which he has seen a great deal , and I listen ,
and smile , and look as pretty and as pleasant as I can , and we doʻvery well .
So he rallies , hands , and hobbles , ( for the dear creature has got the gout too , )
and tells old stories of high life , of which he has seen a great deal , and I listen ,
and smile , and look as pretty and as pleasant as I can , and we doʻvery well .
Page 275
... I was deeply en . gaged with that beautiful scene in the merchant of Venice ,
where two lovers , describing the stillness of a summer night , enhance upon
each other its charms , and was lost in the associations of story and of feeling
which it ...
... I was deeply en . gaged with that beautiful scene in the merchant of Venice ,
where two lovers , describing the stillness of a summer night , enhance upon
each other its charms , and was lost in the associations of story and of feeling
which it ...
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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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