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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... thing more than fair strength of lungs had contributed to the ascendancy . " Sorrow be in your thrapple than ! " these were the first articulate words , " will ye no let me hear what the man wants , wi ' your yaffing ? " " Am I far from ...
... thing more than fair strength of lungs had contributed to the ascendancy . " Sorrow be in your thrapple than ! " these were the first articulate words , " will ye no let me hear what the man wants , wi ' your yaffing ? " " Am I far from ...
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... thing , an the led- dy had been brought - to - bed , and me at the fair o ' Drumshourloch , no kenning nor dreaming a word about it ? Wha was to hae keepit awa the worriecows , I trow ? Aye , and the elves and gyre carlings frae the ...
... thing , an the led- dy had been brought - to - bed , and me at the fair o ' Drumshourloch , no kenning nor dreaming a word about it ? Wha was to hae keepit awa the worriecows , I trow ? Aye , and the elves and gyre carlings frae the ...
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... it is a general and well - grounded belief . " • " It is the resource of cheaters , knaves , and cozeners , ” said Sampson . " Abusus non tollit usum . The abuse of any thing doth not abrogate the lawful use thereof . GUY MANNERING . 49.
... it is a general and well - grounded belief . " • " It is the resource of cheaters , knaves , and cozeners , ” said Sampson . " Abusus non tollit usum . The abuse of any thing doth not abrogate the lawful use thereof . GUY MANNERING . 49.
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Walter Scott. any thing doth not abrogate the lawful use thereof . " During this discussion , Ellangowan was somewhat like a woodcock caught in his own springe . He turned his face alter- nately from the one spokesman to the other , and ...
Walter Scott. any thing doth not abrogate the lawful use thereof . " During this discussion , Ellangowan was somewhat like a woodcock caught in his own springe . He turned his face alter- nately from the one spokesman to the other , and ...
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... Shoot influence down : and even at this day ' Tis Jupiter who brings whate'er is great , And Venus who brings every thing that's fair . " Such musings soon gave way to others . VOL . I. C " Alas ! " he thought , " my good GUY MANNERING .
... Shoot influence down : and even at this day ' Tis Jupiter who brings whate'er is great , And Venus who brings every thing that's fair . " Such musings soon gave way to others . VOL . I. C " Alas ! " he thought , " my good GUY MANNERING .
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