Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley: Guy Mannering, Volume 2Constable, 1822 |
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Page 89
... Van- beest Brown should be the first to discover that , and to break off in consequence . I can promise him that we might not differ much in opinion should that happen to be his , for I have sometimes thought I have behaved extremely ...
... Van- beest Brown should be the first to discover that , and to break off in consequence . I can promise him that we might not differ much in opinion should that happen to be his , for I have sometimes thought I have behaved extremely ...
Page 96
... Vanbeest Brown is by no means so very ardent a lover as to hurry the object of his attachment into such inconsiderate steps . He gives one full time to reflect , that must be ad- mitted . However , I will not blame him unheard , nor ...
... Vanbeest Brown is by no means so very ardent a lover as to hurry the object of his attachment into such inconsiderate steps . He gives one full time to reflect , that must be ad- mitted . However , I will not blame him unheard , nor ...
Page 155
... Brown gave him to his cousin that's in the Middleburgh house of Vanbeest and Vanbruggen , and told him some goose's gazette about his being taken in a skirmish with the land- sharks - he gave him for a foot - boy . Me let him escape ...
... Brown gave him to his cousin that's in the Middleburgh house of Vanbeest and Vanbruggen , and told him some goose's gazette about his being taken in a skirmish with the land- sharks - he gave him for a foot - boy . Me let him escape ...
Page 158
... Brown ? " " Of Brown ? yaw - Vanbeest Brown ; old Van- beest Brown , of our Vanbeest and Vanbruggen , gave him his own name - he did . ” " Then , " said Glossin , rubbing his hands , " it is he , by Heaven , who has committed this crime ...
... Brown ? " " Of Brown ? yaw - Vanbeest Brown ; old Van- beest Brown , of our Vanbeest and Vanbruggen , gave him his own name - he did . ” " Then , " said Glossin , rubbing his hands , " it is he , by Heaven , who has committed this crime ...
Page 164
... Vanbeest Brown's last wake , as they call it , the other night , with two of my people , and some of her own blasted gypsies . " " That's another breaker a - head , Captain ! Will she not squeak , think ye ? " " Not she - she wont start ...
... Vanbeest Brown's last wake , as they call it , the other night , with two of my people , and some of her own blasted gypsies . " " That's another breaker a - head , Captain ! Will she not squeak , think ye ? " " Not she - she wont start ...
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