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While sufficient daylight remained to show the dress and appearance of a
gentleman , these cross interrogatories were usually put in the form of a case
supposed , as , “ Ye ' ll hae been at the auld abbey o ' Halycross , sir ? there ' s
mony ...
While sufficient daylight remained to show the dress and appearance of a
gentleman , these cross interrogatories were usually put in the form of a case
supposed , as , “ Ye ' ll hae been at the auld abbey o ' Halycross , sir ? there ' s
mony ...
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Mannering fixed his eyes upon it with a disconsolate sensation . “ Why , my little
fellow , ” he said , “ this is a ruin , not a house ? ” “ Ah , but the lairds lived there
langsyne - that ' s Ellangowan Auld Place ; there ' s a hantle bogles about it - but
ye ...
Mannering fixed his eyes upon it with a disconsolate sensation . “ Why , my little
fellow , ” he said , “ this is a ruin , not a house ? ” “ Ah , but the lairds lived there
langsyne - that ' s Ellangowan Auld Place ; there ' s a hantle bogles about it - but
ye ...
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... with Kenmore , so he never took the oaths ; and I ken not weel how it was , but
all that I could do and say , they keepit me off the roll , though my agent , that had
a vote upon my estate , ranked as a good vote for auld Sir Thomas Kittlecourt .
... with Kenmore , so he never took the oaths ; and I ken not weel how it was , but
all that I could do and say , they keepit me off the roll , though my agent , that had
a vote upon my estate , ranked as a good vote for auld Sir Thomas Kittlecourt .
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... of Sandy Mac - Gruthar ' s , that the constables should have keepit twa or three
days up yonder at the auld castle , just till they could get conveniency to send him
to the county jail — and that cost me eneugh o ' siller Guy Mannering 47.
... of Sandy Mac - Gruthar ' s , that the constables should have keepit twa or three
days up yonder at the auld castle , just till they could get conveniency to send him
to the county jail — and that cost me eneugh o ' siller Guy Mannering 47.
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... and do not dwell on these things ; and I must needs say , I have little memory
for them ; but I wish ye could have heard my father ' s stories about the auld fights
of the Mac - Dingawaies — that ' s the Bertrams that now is — wi ' the Irish , and ...
... and do not dwell on these things ; and I must needs say , I have little memory
for them ; but I wish ye could have heard my father ' s stories about the auld fights
of the Mac - Dingawaies — that ' s the Bertrams that now is — wi ' the Irish , and ...
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