Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley: Guy Mannering, Volume 2Constable, 1822 |
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... mind soon gave way to the influence of his na- tural good spirits , excited by the exercise , and the bracing effects of the frosty air . He whistled as he went along , not " from want of thought , " but to give vent to those buoyant ...
... mind soon gave way to the influence of his na- tural good spirits , excited by the exercise , and the bracing effects of the frosty air . He whistled as he went along , not " from want of thought , " but to give vent to those buoyant ...
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... what ye will , ye hae a face and a tongue that puts me in mind of auld times . Good day - make haste on your road , and if ye see ony of our folk , meddle not 11 16 GUY MANNERING . her face was shrouded, might not interrupt her ...
... what ye will , ye hae a face and a tongue that puts me in mind of auld times . Good day - make haste on your road , and if ye see ony of our folk , meddle not 11 16 GUY MANNERING . her face was shrouded, might not interrupt her ...
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... mind , " said the undaunted Scotchman to his companion , " if we were ance by Withershin's latch , the road's no near sae saft , and we'll shew them fair play for't . " They soon came to the place he named , a nar- row channel , through ...
... mind , " said the undaunted Scotchman to his companion , " if we were ance by Withershin's latch , the road's no near sae saft , and we'll shew them fair play for't . " They soon came to the place he named , a nar- row channel , through ...
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... mind - never mind- there's a gentleman that will tell you that just when I had gaen up to Lourie Lowther's , and had bidden the drinking of twa cheerers , and got- ten just in again upon the moss , and was whig- ging cannily awa hame ...
... mind - never mind- there's a gentleman that will tell you that just when I had gaen up to Lourie Lowther's , and had bidden the drinking of twa cheerers , and got- ten just in again upon the moss , and was whig- ging cannily awa hame ...
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... mind folks ' after - names muckle here , they run sae much into clans . " 66 " Ye see , sir , ” said an old shepherd , rising , and speaking very slow , " the folks hereabout are a ' Armstrongs and Elliots , and sic like - twa or three ...
... mind folks ' after - names muckle here , they run sae much into clans . " 66 " Ye see , sir , ” said an old shepherd , rising , and speaking very slow , " the folks hereabout are a ' Armstrongs and Elliots , and sic like - twa or three ...
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