Guy ManneringJ.M. Dent and Sons, 1912 - 427 pages |
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Page 86
... postilion- " No , they canna come at no rate , the Laird's sae ill . ” " But God help them , " said the landlady , " the morn's the term - the very last day they can bide in the house - a ' thing's to be roupit . " " Weel , but they can ...
... postilion- " No , they canna come at no rate , the Laird's sae ill . ” " But God help them , " said the landlady , " the morn's the term - the very last day they can bide in the house - a ' thing's to be roupit . " " Weel , but they can ...
Page 88
... postilion , who , at a respectful distance , was listening to the conversation , " begging Mr. Skreigh's and the company's pardon , -there was no sae mony hairs on the warlock's face as there's on Letter- Gae's1ain at this moment ; and ...
... postilion , who , at a respectful distance , was listening to the conversation , " begging Mr. Skreigh's and the company's pardon , -there was no sae mony hairs on the warlock's face as there's on Letter- Gae's1ain at this moment ; and ...
Page 89
... postilion . " He's but a dumb dog that , " observed the Deacon ; " I have heard that he never could preach five words of a sermon endlang , for as lang as he has been licensed . " " Weel , but , " said the precentor , waving his hand ...
... postilion . " He's but a dumb dog that , " observed the Deacon ; " I have heard that he never could preach five words of a sermon endlang , for as lang as he has been licensed . " " Weel , but , " said the precentor , waving his hand ...
Page 90
... postilion , " it might be sae - I canna say against it , for I was not in the country at the time ; but John Wilson was a blustering kind of chield , without the heart of a sprug . " " And what was the end of all this ? " said the ...
... postilion , " it might be sae - I canna say against it , for I was not in the country at the time ; but John Wilson was a blustering kind of chield , without the heart of a sprug . " " And what was the end of all this ? " said the ...
Page 103
... postilion , who had come up in time to hear what passed , said aloud , " If he had stuck by the way , I would have lent him a heezie , the dirty scoundrel , as willingly as ever I pitched a boddle . " He then stepped forward to announce ...
... postilion , who had come up in time to hear what passed , said aloud , " If he had stuck by the way , I would have lent him a heezie , the dirty scoundrel , as willingly as ever I pitched a boddle . " He then stepped forward to announce ...
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