Guy Mannering; Or, the Astrologer: In Four Volumes, Volume 2Schumann, 1822 - 221 pages |
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Page 87
... banks of moss earth , sometimes crossed narrow but deep ravines , filled with a consistence between mud and water , and sometimes along heaps of gravel and stones , which had been swept together when some tor- rent or 87.
... banks of moss earth , sometimes crossed narrow but deep ravines , filled with a consistence between mud and water , and sometimes along heaps of gravel and stones , which had been swept together when some tor- rent or 87.
Page 95
... banks , and approached two or three low thatched houses , placed with their angles to each other , with a great contempt of regulari- ty . This was the farm - steading of Charlies- hope , or , in the language of the country , the Town ...
... banks , and approached two or three low thatched houses , placed with their angles to each other , with a great contempt of regulari- ty . This was the farm - steading of Charlies- hope , or , in the language of the country , the Town ...
Page 112
... bank . wonder was not diminished when he came to the place of action . This They had gradually ascended very high , and now found themselves on a mountain - ridge , overhanging a glen of great depth , but extre mely narrow . Here the ...
... bank . wonder was not diminished when he came to the place of action . This They had gradually ascended very high , and now found themselves on a mountain - ridge , overhanging a glen of great depth , but extre mely narrow . Here the ...
Page 113
... banks of earth , and rocks of rotten stone , which sunk sheer down to the little winding stream below , affording here and there a tuft of scathed brush -wood , or a patch of furze . Along the edges of this ravine , which , as we have ...
... banks of earth , and rocks of rotten stone , which sunk sheer down to the little winding stream below , affording here and there a tuft of scathed brush -wood , or a patch of furze . Along the edges of this ravine , which , as we have ...
Page 118
... banks , bran- dishing their torches and spears , and pursuing the salmon , some of which endeavoured to es- cape up the stream , while others , shrouding themselves under roots of trees , fragments of stones , and large rocks ...
... banks , bran- dishing their torches and spears , and pursuing the salmon , some of which endeavoured to es- cape up the stream , while others , shrouding themselves under roots of trees , fragments of stones , and large rocks ...
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