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Page 68
But these halcyon days were now to have an end , and a minatory inscription on
one side of the gate intimated ' prosecution according to law ' ( the painter had
spelt in persecution — l'un vaut bien l'autre ) to all who should be found ...
But these halcyon days were now to have an end , and a minatory inscription on
one side of the gate intimated ' prosecution according to law ' ( the painter had
spelt in persecution — l'un vaut bien l'autre ) to all who should be found ...
Page 241
Some efforts had been made on the south side of the town towards building
houses within themselves , as they are emphatically termed ; and the New Town
on the north , since so much extended , was then just commenced . But the great
bulk ...
Some efforts had been made on the south side of the town towards building
houses within themselves , as they are emphatically termed ; and the New Town
on the north , since so much extended , was then just commenced . But the great
bulk ...
Page 279
On each side were still remaining two immense iron rings , deeply morticed into
the solid rock . Through these , according to tradition , there was nightly drawn a
huge chain , secured by an immense padlock , for the protection of the haven ...
On each side were still remaining two immense iron rings , deeply morticed into
the solid rock . Through these , according to tradition , there was nightly drawn a
huge chain , secured by an immense padlock , for the protection of the haven ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Guy Mannering Collins classics Everyman's Library. no. 133 Issue 133 of Everyman's library Library of Classics New classics-no. 618 Notes on chosen English texts |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Publisher | Collins, 1955 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 10 Dec 2019 |
| Length | 414 pages |
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