Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley: Guy Mannering, Volume 2Constable, 1822 |
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Page 6
... character of their lan- guage ; and our modern labours , like our modern tongues , seem but constructed out of their frag- ments . " Having thus moralized , he remembered that he was hungry , and pursued his walk to a small public ...
... character of their lan- guage ; and our modern labours , like our modern tongues , seem but constructed out of their frag- ments . " Having thus moralized , he remembered that he was hungry , and pursued his walk to a small public ...
Page 10
... character , ye ken yoursell . " " Fie , fie , Mr Dinmont , that's no like you , to gie the country an ill name - I wot , there has been nane stirred in the Waste since Sawney Culloch , the travelling merchant , that Rowley Overdees and ...
... character , ye ken yoursell . " " Fie , fie , Mr Dinmont , that's no like you , to gie the country an ill name - I wot , there has been nane stirred in the Waste since Sawney Culloch , the travelling merchant , that Rowley Overdees and ...
Page 18
... character of wildness and desolation . The hills are neither high nor rocky , but the land is all heath and morass ; the huts poor and mean , and at a great distance from each other . Around them there is generally some little attempt ...
... character of wildness and desolation . The hills are neither high nor rocky , but the land is all heath and morass ; the huts poor and mean , and at a great distance from each other . Around them there is generally some little attempt ...
Page 28
... character , and restrained in its excesses . " Deil's in the wife , " said Dandy Dinmont , shaking off his spouse's embrace , but gently , and with a look of great affection ; - " deil's in ye , Ailie -d'ye no see the stranger gentleman ...
... character , and restrained in its excesses . " Deil's in the wife , " said Dandy Dinmont , shaking off his spouse's embrace , but gently , and with a look of great affection ; - " deil's in ye , Ailie -d'ye no see the stranger gentleman ...
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... character of the fox - hunter ; but gain- ed little information , as he had been called to that office while Dinmont was making the round of the Highland fairs . " He was a shake - rag like fel- low , " he said , " and he dared to say ...
... character of the fox - hunter ; but gain- ed little information , as he had been called to that office while Dinmont was making the round of the Highland fairs . " He was a shake - rag like fel- low , " he said , " and he dared to say ...
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