Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 1 |
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Page 11
... heads of a numerous tribe , called Mac- Dingawaie , though they afterwards adopted the Norman surname of Bertram . They had made war , raised rebellions , been defeated , beheaded , and hanged , as became a family of importance , for ...
... heads of a numerous tribe , called Mac- Dingawaie , though they afterwards adopted the Norman surname of Bertram . They had made war , raised rebellions , been defeated , beheaded , and hanged , as became a family of importance , for ...
Page 18
... head , shut the Bible , stumbled down the pulpit stairs , trampling upon the old women who generally take their station there , and was ever after designated as a ' stikit minister . ' And thus he wandered back to his own country , with ...
... head , shut the Bible , stumbled down the pulpit stairs , trampling upon the old women who generally take their station there , and was ever after designated as a ' stikit minister . ' And thus he wandered back to his own country , with ...
Page 20
... head and groan , DomÃnie- I am sure the kirk dues were all well paid , and what can a man do more ? it was laid till her ere she had on a sark ower her head ; and the man that she since wadded does not think her a pin worse for the ...
... head and groan , DomÃnie- I am sure the kirk dues were all well paid , and what can a man do more ? it was laid till her ere she had on a sark ower her head ; and the man that she since wadded does not think her a pin worse for the ...
Page 37
... head , and while he was yet hammering out a rhyme for spindle , the task of the sybil was accomplished , or her wool was expended . She took the spindle , now charged with her labours , and undoing the thread gradually , measured it ...
... head , and while he was yet hammering out a rhyme for spindle , the task of the sybil was accomplished , or her wool was expended . She took the spindle , now charged with her labours , and undoing the thread gradually , measured it ...
Page 47
... the prosperity of the family ; then turning his horse's head towards England , disappeared from the sight of the inmates of Ellangowan . He must also disappear from that of our readers , for it is to another and later GUY MANNERING . 74.
... the prosperity of the family ; then turning his horse's head towards England , disappeared from the sight of the inmates of Ellangowan . He must also disappear from that of our readers , for it is to another and later GUY MANNERING . 74.
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