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Page ix
... poor boy became a houseless vagabond , wander- ing about the streets of Dublin , and procuring a scanty and precarious subsistence by running of errands and holding gentle- men's horses . " Meantime Lord Altham's pecuniary difficulties ...
... poor boy became a houseless vagabond , wander- ing about the streets of Dublin , and procuring a scanty and precarious subsistence by running of errands and holding gentle- men's horses . " Meantime Lord Altham's pecuniary difficulties ...
Page x
... poor boy of twelve years of age , half naked , bareheaded and barefooted , and wearing , as the most important part of his dress , an old yellow livery waistcoat , 1 followed at a humble distance , and wept over his father's grave ...
... poor boy of twelve years of age , half naked , bareheaded and barefooted , and wearing , as the most important part of his dress , an old yellow livery waistcoat , 1 followed at a humble distance , and wept over his father's grave ...
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... poor youth must undergo more and more desperate struggles with the evil that assailed him . There was no hope of remedy , save that he showed steadiness of mind in the study of the Scriptures . " He suffers , " continued the letter of ...
... poor youth must undergo more and more desperate struggles with the evil that assailed him . There was no hope of remedy , save that he showed steadiness of mind in the study of the Scriptures . " He suffers , " continued the letter of ...
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... poor man , whose rent ( to lose which would have been ruin ) was about his person . " Jean set up a loud shout of joyful recognition - Eh , sirs ! the winsome Gudeman of Lochside ! Light down , light down ; for ye maunna gang farther ...
... poor man , whose rent ( to lose which would have been ruin ) was about his person . " Jean set up a loud shout of joyful recognition - Eh , sirs ! the winsome Gudeman of Lochside ! Light down , light down ; for ye maunna gang farther ...
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... poor farmer made a virtue of necessity , told his story , and surrendered his gold to Jean's custody . She made him put a few shillings in his pocket , observing it would excite suspicion should he be found travelling altogether ...
... poor farmer made a virtue of necessity , told his story , and surrendered his gold to Jean's custody . She made him put a few shillings in his pocket , observing it would excite suspicion should he be found travelling altogether ...
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Allonby answered appearance Astrologer auld Aweel bairn better called Captain castle character Charles Hazlewood circumstances Colonel Mannering counsellor Dandie dear Derncleugh deyvil Dinmont Dirk Hatteraick Dominie Sampson door Ellangowan father favour fear feelings fellow frae Frank Kennedy gentleman gipsy Glossin gude Guy Mannering hand Hazlewood House head heard honour hope horse Julia justice justice of peace Kennedy Kippletringan Laird Liddesdale light look Lucy Bertram lugger Mac-Candlish Mac-Guffog Mac-Morlan mair Mannering's Matilda maun Merrilies mind Miss Bertram Miss Mannering morning muckle never night observed occasion ower person Pleydell poor Portanferry postilion prisoner recollection replied round ruin scene Scotland seemed Singleside smugglers stranger suppose tell there's thought tion turned Vanbeest Brown voice Warroch weel window woman wood Woodbourne ye'll young Hazlewood young lady younker