Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley: Guy Mannering, Volume 2Constable, 1822 |
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... captain in the regiment of cavalry , travelling for pleasure , and upon foot , both from motives of independence and economy ; and he begged his kind landlady would look at her husband's wounds , the state of which he had refused to ...
... captain in the regiment of cavalry , travelling for pleasure , and upon foot , both from motives of independence and economy ; and he begged his kind landlady would look at her husband's wounds , the state of which he had refused to ...
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Guy Mannering Walter Scott (Sir). more than to the presence of a captain of dragoons . She therefore glanced at a table - cloth not quite clean , and conned over her proposed supper a mi- nute or two , before , patting her husband on the ...
Guy Mannering Walter Scott (Sir). more than to the presence of a captain of dragoons . She therefore glanced at a table - cloth not quite clean , and conned over her proposed supper a mi- nute or two , before , patting her husband on the ...
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... tumults of their joy and welcome got beyond bearing , exclaim- ed to his guest " This is a ' the gudewife's fault , captain - she will gie the bairns a ' their ain way . ” " Me ! Lord help me , ” said Ailie GUY MANNERING . 31.
... tumults of their joy and welcome got beyond bearing , exclaim- ed to his guest " This is a ' the gudewife's fault , captain - she will gie the bairns a ' their ain way . ” " Me ! Lord help me , ” said Ailie GUY MANNERING . 31.
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... captain , she was in some danger of for- getting , ) Brown took an opportunity to ask his host , whether he did not repent of having neglected the gypsey's hint . 66 " Wha kens ? " answered he ; they're queer deevils ; -maybe I might ...
... captain , she was in some danger of for- getting , ) Brown took an opportunity to ask his host , whether he did not repent of having neglected the gypsey's hint . 66 " Wha kens ? " answered he ; they're queer deevils ; -maybe I might ...
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... Captain , naething confuses my head - I ance jumped up and laid the dogs on the fox after I had tumbled from the tap o ' Chris- tenbury Craig , and that might have confused me to purpose . Na , naething confuses me , unless it be a ...
... Captain , naething confuses my head - I ance jumped up and laid the dogs on the fox after I had tumbled from the tap o ' Chris- tenbury Craig , and that might have confused me to purpose . Na , naething confuses me , unless it be a ...
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