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Page 36
... gipsy he had seen on the preceding evening . He soon found an aperture , through which he could observe her without being himself visible ; and could not help feeling , that her figure , her employment , and her situation , conveyed the ...
... gipsy he had seen on the preceding evening . He soon found an aperture , through which he could observe her without being himself visible ; and could not help feeling , that her figure , her employment , and her situation , conveyed the ...
Page 38
... Gipsy - hag - tou- sand deyvils ! ' ' I am coming , I am coming , captain , ' answered Meg , and in a moment or two the impatient com- mander , whom she addressed , made his appearance from the broken parts of the ruins . He was ...
... Gipsy - hag - tou- sand deyvils ! ' ' I am coming , I am coming , captain , ' answered Meg , and in a moment or two the impatient com- mander , whom she addressed , made his appearance from the broken parts of the ruins . He was ...
Page 40
... gipsy to that part of the ruins from which he had first made his appearance . A very narrow staircase here descended to the beach , intended probably for the convenience of the garrison during a siege . By this stair , the couple ...
... gipsy to that part of the ruins from which he had first made his appearance . A very narrow staircase here descended to the beach , intended probably for the convenience of the garrison during a siege . By this stair , the couple ...
Page 46
... gipsy woman . ' O , to bless his ship , I suppose - you must know , Mr. Mannering , that these free - traders , whom the law calls smugglers , having no religion , make it all up in superstition , and they have as many spells , and ...
... gipsy woman . ' O , to bless his ship , I suppose - you must know , Mr. Mannering , that these free - traders , whom the law calls smugglers , having no religion , make it all up in superstition , and they have as many spells , and ...
Page 55
... gipsy tribes , which formerly inundated most of the nations of Europe , and which in some degree still subsist among them as a distinct people , is generally under- stood , the reader will pardon my saying a few words respecting their ...
... gipsy tribes , which formerly inundated most of the nations of Europe , and which in some degree still subsist among them as a distinct people , is generally under- stood , the reader will pardon my saying a few words respecting their ...
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