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Page 52
... assistance of those ancient implements of housewifery , now almost banished from the land , the distaff and spindle . As she spun , she sung what seemed to be a charm . Mannering , after in vain attempting to make himself master of the ...
... assistance of those ancient implements of housewifery , now almost banished from the land , the distaff and spindle . As she spun , she sung what seemed to be a charm . Mannering , after in vain attempting to make himself master of the ...
Page 185
... assistance . ' Here , mother , ' said one of the sailors , ' here's a cup of the right for you , and never mind that bully - huff . ' Meg drank the spirits , and , withdrawing herself from further conversation , sat down before the spot ...
... assistance . ' Here , mother , ' said one of the sailors , ' here's a cup of the right for you , and never mind that bully - huff . ' Meg drank the spirits , and , withdrawing herself from further conversation , sat down before the spot ...
Page 279
... assistance of the chisel and pickaxe , been formed into a sort of quay . The rock was of extremely hard consistence , and the task so difficult , that , according to the fisherman , a labourer who wrought at the work might in the ...
... assistance of the chisel and pickaxe , been formed into a sort of quay . The rock was of extremely hard consistence , and the task so difficult , that , according to the fisherman , a labourer who wrought at the work might in the ...
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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 eyes father favour fear feelings fellow frae Frank Kennedy gentleman gipsy Glossin gude Guy Mannering hand Hazlewood House head heard honour 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 Mervyn mind Miss Bertram Miss Mannering morning muckle never night observed occasion ower person Pleydell poor Portanferry postilion prisoner recollection replied round ruin scene Scotland Scottish seemed Singleside smugglers stranger suppose tell there's thought turned Vanbeest Brown voice Warroch weel window woman wood Woodbourne ye'll young Hazlewood young lady younker