Guy ManneringJ.M. Dent and Sons, 1912 - 427 pages |
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... hand path , and seemed to proceed at a somewhat livelier pace than before , affording thereby a hope that he knew he was drawing near to his quarters for the evening . This hope , however , was not speedily accomplished , and Mannering ...
... hand path , and seemed to proceed at a somewhat livelier pace than before , affording thereby a hope that he knew he was drawing near to his quarters for the evening . This hope , however , was not speedily accomplished , and Mannering ...
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... hand , rented some from neighbouring proprietors , bought and sold Highland cattle and Cheviot sheep , rode to fairs and trysts , fought hard bargains , and held necessity at the staff's end as well as he might . But what he gained in ...
... hand , rented some from neighbouring proprietors , bought and sold Highland cattle and Cheviot sheep , rode to fairs and trysts , fought hard bargains , and held necessity at the staff's end as well as he might . But what he gained in ...
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... hand , and added something to his pittance by copying accounts and writing letters for Ellangowan . By degrees , the Laird , who was much estranged from general society , became partial to that of Dominie Sampson . Conversation , it is ...
... hand , and added something to his pittance by copying accounts and writing letters for Ellangowan . By degrees , the Laird , who was much estranged from general society , became partial to that of Dominie Sampson . Conversation , it is ...
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... hand a goodly sloe - thorn cudgel , and in all points of equipment , except her petticoats , seemed rather masculine than feminine . Her dark elf - locks shot out like the snakes of the gorgon , between an old - fashioned bonnet called ...
... hand a goodly sloe - thorn cudgel , and in all points of equipment , except her petticoats , seemed rather masculine than feminine . Her dark elf - locks shot out like the snakes of the gorgon , between an old - fashioned bonnet called ...
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... hand . In his front was the quiet bay , whose little waves , crisping and sparkling to the moonbeams , rolled successively along its surface , and dashed with a soft and murmuring ripple against the silvery beach . To the left the woods ...
... hand . In his front was the quiet bay , whose little waves , crisping and sparkling to the moonbeams , rolled successively along its surface , and dashed with a soft and murmuring ripple against the silvery beach . To the left the woods ...
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