Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley: Guy Mannering, Volume 2Constable, 1822 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 45
Page 7
... fire , as is usual in that country , was made on a stone hearth in the midst of an immensely large chim- ney , which had two seats extended beneath the vent . On one of these sat a remarkably tall wo- man , in a red cloak and slouched ...
... fire , as is usual in that country , was made on a stone hearth in the midst of an immensely large chim- ney , which had two seats extended beneath the vent . On one of these sat a remarkably tall wo- man , in a red cloak and slouched ...
Page 11
... fire- side , and who had not yet spoke a word . " Troth have I , gudewife , and a weary round I've had o't . " " Then ye'll maybe ken a place they ca ' Ellan- ? " gowan " Ellangowan , that was Mr Bertram's ? —I ken the place weel eneugh ...
... fire- side , and who had not yet spoke a word . " Troth have I , gudewife , and a weary round I've had o't . " " Then ye'll maybe ken a place they ca ' Ellan- ? " gowan " Ellangowan , that was Mr Bertram's ? —I ken the place weel eneugh ...
Page 20
... fire - arms , " thought Brown , " and I may manage them well enough . " They met accordingly , with the most murderous threats on the part of the ruffians . They soon found , however , that their new opponent was equally stout and ...
... fire - arms , " thought Brown , " and I may manage them well enough . " They met accordingly , with the most murderous threats on the part of the ruffians . They soon found , however , that their new opponent was equally stout and ...
Page 44
... fire- grates , filled with blazing fragments of tar - barrels , which shed a strong , though partial light upon the water . Upon the present occasion , the principal party were embarked in a crazy boat upon a part of the river which was ...
... fire- grates , filled with blazing fragments of tar - barrels , which shed a strong , though partial light upon the water . Upon the present occasion , the principal party were embarked in a crazy boat upon a part of the river which was ...
Page 54
... fires . But the truth is undeniable ; they like to be on horseback , and can be with difficulty convinced , that any one chuses walking from other motives than those of convenience or necessity . Accordingly , Dinmont insisted upon ...
... fires . But the truth is undeniable ; they like to be on horseback , and can be with difficulty convinced , that any one chuses walking from other motives than those of convenience or necessity . Accordingly , Dinmont insisted upon ...
Common terms and phrases
Allonby answered appearance arms auld Aweel better called Captain carriage Charles Hazlewood Colonel Mannering Counsellor dear Derncleugh deyvil Dinmont dinna Dirk Hatteraick Dominie door e'en Ellangowan father favour fear feelings fellow frae gang gentleman Glossin gude GUY MANNERING gypsey hand Hazle Hazlewood-house head heard honour horse interest Julia justice justice of peace Kippletringan ladies land Liddesdale light look Lucy Bertram Mac-Candlish Mac-Guffog Mac-Morlan mair maun Merrilies mind Miss Bertram Miss Mannering morning muckle murder naething never night occasion ower person Pleydell Portanferry prisoner recollection round ruin Sampson scene Scotland shew side Singleside Sir Robert Hazlewood smugglers speak stood stranger tell there's thing thought tion tram turned Vanbeest Brown voice walk Warroch weel window woman wood Woodbourne ye'll young Hazlewood younker