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
... 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 leddy was ta'en wi ' her pains ...
... 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 leddy was ta'en wi ' her pains ...
Page 14
... servant ; and the gentleman of the house , who heard his tale from the parlour , step- ped forward , and welcomed the stranger hospitably to Ellengowan . The boy , made happy with half - a - crown , was dismissed to his cottage , the ...
... servant ; and the gentleman of the house , who heard his tale from the parlour , step- ped forward , and welcomed the stranger hospitably to Ellengowan . The boy , made happy with half - a - crown , was dismissed to his cottage , the ...
Page 109
... servant , a surly fellow , who had im- mediate recourse to his horse - whip . A few lashes sent the party a scampering ; and thus commenced the first breach of peace between the house of Ellangowan and the gypsies of Derncleugh . The ...
... servant , a surly fellow , who had im- mediate recourse to his horse - whip . A few lashes sent the party a scampering ; and thus commenced the first breach of peace between the house of Ellangowan and the gypsies of Derncleugh . The ...
Page 116
... servants shook their heads at his propo- sal , and even Dominie Sampson ventured upon an indirect remonstrance . As , how- ever , it was couched in the oracular phrase , " Ne moveas Camerinam , " neither the allu- sion , nor the ...
... servants shook their heads at his propo- sal , and even Dominie Sampson ventured upon an indirect remonstrance . As , how- ever , it was couched in the oracular phrase , " Ne moveas Camerinam , " neither the allu- sion , nor the ...
Page 119
... servant rode forward , smacking his whip with an air of authority , and motioning to their drivers to allow free passage to their bet- ters . His signal was unattended to . He then called to the men who lounged idly on before , " Stand ...
... servant rode forward , smacking his whip with an air of authority , and motioning to their drivers to allow free passage to their bet- ters . His signal was unattended to . He then called to the men who lounged idly on before , " Stand ...
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