Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 1 |
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Page 3
... ruins in the county of Dumfries , and spent much of the day in making drawings of them from different points ; so that upon mounting his horse to resume his journey , the brief and gloomy twilight of the season had already commenced ...
... ruins in the county of Dumfries , and spent much of the day in making drawings of them from different points ; so that upon mounting his horse to resume his journey , the brief and gloomy twilight of the season had already commenced ...
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... ruin , not a house ? ' Ah , but the lairds lived there lang syne - that's Ellangowan Auld Place ; there's a hantle ... ruins on the right , a few steps brought the traveller in front of a small modern house , at which his guide rapped ...
... ruin , not a house ? ' Ah , but the lairds lived there lang syne - that's Ellangowan Auld Place ; there's a hantle ... ruins on the right , a few steps brought the traveller in front of a small modern house , at which his guide rapped ...
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... ruins , he built a nar- row house of three stories in height , with a front like a grenadier's cap , two windows on each side , and a door in the midst , full of all manner of cross lights . This was the New Place of Ellangowan , B 2 ...
... ruins , he built a nar- row house of three stories in height , with a front like a grenadier's cap , two windows on each side , and a door in the midst , full of all manner of cross lights . This was the New Place of Ellangowan , B 2 ...
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... ruin ; but , as has been ob- served of his countrymen , he kept a man of business , who answered the purpose equally well . Under this gentleman's supervision small debts grew into large , interests were accumulated upon capitals ...
... ruin ; but , as has been ob- served of his countrymen , he kept a man of business , who answered the purpose equally well . Under this gentleman's supervision small debts grew into large , interests were accumulated upon capitals ...
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... ruin . Those of the higher rank , with some malignity , accounted him already a degraded brother . The lower classes , seeing nothing enviable in his situation , marked his embarrassments with more compassion . He was even a kind of ...
... ruin . Those of the higher rank , with some malignity , accounted him already a degraded brother . The lower classes , seeing nothing enviable in his situation , marked his embarrassments with more compassion . He was even a kind of ...
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