Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 1 |
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Page 46
... render country gentlemen insensible to the grievances which occur at elections , quarter sessions , and meetings of trustees . Curious to investigate the manners of the country , Mannering took the advantage of a pause in good Mr ...
... render country gentlemen insensible to the grievances which occur at elections , quarter sessions , and meetings of trustees . Curious to investigate the manners of the country , Mannering took the advantage of a pause in good Mr ...
Page 47
... rendered the laird's curiosity more uncontrollable . Mannering , however , was determined in his own . mind , not to expose the infant to the inconveniences which might have arisen from his being supposed the object of evil prediction ...
... rendered the laird's curiosity more uncontrollable . Mannering , however , was determined in his own . mind , not to expose the infant to the inconveniences which might have arisen from his being supposed the object of evil prediction ...
Page 53
... rendered them fit objects , in their own phrase , for the charity of all well - disposed Christians . The long remembered beggar , ' who for twenty years had made his regular round within the neighbourhood , received rather as an humble ...
... rendered them fit objects , in their own phrase , for the charity of all well - disposed Christians . The long remembered beggar , ' who for twenty years had made his regular round within the neighbourhood , received rather as an humble ...
Page 56
... rendered the character of gipsy equal , in the judicial balance , to that of common and habitual thief , and prescribed his punishment . Notwithstanding the severity of this and other sta- tutes , the fraternity prospered amid the ...
... rendered the character of gipsy equal , in the judicial balance , to that of common and habitual thief , and prescribed his punishment . Notwithstanding the severity of this and other sta- tutes , the fraternity prospered amid the ...
Page 60
... rendered the inhabitants of Derncleugh a kind of privileged retainers upon the estate of Ellangow- an . The knaves ' were the laird's ' exceeding good friends ; ' and he would have deemed himself very ill used , if his countenance could ...
... rendered the inhabitants of Derncleugh a kind of privileged retainers upon the estate of Ellangow- an . The knaves ' were the laird's ' exceeding good friends ; ' and he would have deemed himself very ill used , if his countenance could ...
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