Guy ManneringJ.M. Dent and Sons, 1912 - 427 pages |
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... Laird's Jock ( Keepsake , 1828 ) ; Religious Discourses , by a Layman , 1828 ; Anne of Geierstein , 1829 ; History of Scotland ( Lardner's " Cabinet Cyclopædia " ) , 1830 ; Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft , 1830 ; House of Aspen ...
... Laird's Jock ( Keepsake , 1828 ) ; Religious Discourses , by a Layman , 1828 ; Anne of Geierstein , 1829 ; History of Scotland ( Lardner's " Cabinet Cyclopædia " ) , 1830 ; Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft , 1830 ; House of Aspen ...
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... Laird said , he feared his guest might meet with some apparent neglect . " Not so , sir , " said the stranger ; " my wants are few , and easily supplied , and I trust the present circumstances may even afford an opportunity of showing ...
... Laird said , he feared his guest might meet with some apparent neglect . " Not so , sir , " said the stranger ; " my wants are few , and easily supplied , and I trust the present circumstances may even afford an opportunity of showing ...
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... Laird bowed in respect and gratitude , and the stranger was accommodated with an apartment which commanded an ample view of the astral regions . The guest spent a part of the night in ascertaining the position of the heavenly bodies ...
... Laird bowed in respect and gratitude , and the stranger was accommodated with an apartment which commanded an ample view of the astral regions . The guest spent a part of the night in ascertaining the position of the heavenly bodies ...
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... Laird's predecessors had been im- prudent , he himself was passive and unfortunate . Death swept away his sons , whose success in life might have balanced his own bad luck and incapacity . Debts increased and funds diminished , until ...
... Laird's predecessors had been im- prudent , he himself was passive and unfortunate . Death swept away his sons , whose success in life might have balanced his own bad luck and incapacity . Debts increased and funds diminished , until ...
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... laird's servant - that's no to say his body- servant , but the helper like - rade express by this e'en to fetch the houdie , and he just staid the drinking o ' twa pints o ' tippenny , to tell us how my leddy was ta'en wi ' her pains ...
... laird's servant - that's no to say his body- servant , but the helper like - rade express by this e'en to fetch the houdie , and he just staid the drinking o ' twa pints o ' tippenny , to tell us how my leddy was ta'en wi ' her pains ...
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