Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley: Guy Mannering, Volume 2Constable, 1822 |
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Page 13
... speaking to herself " Did ye notice if there was an auld saugh tree that's maist blawn down , but yet its roots are in the earth , and it hangs ower the bit burn - mony a day hae I wrought my stocking , and sat on my sunkie under that ...
... speaking to herself " Did ye notice if there was an auld saugh tree that's maist blawn down , but yet its roots are in the earth , and it hangs ower the bit burn - mony a day hae I wrought my stocking , and sat on my sunkie under that ...
Page 27
... . Deep drinking , formerly their greatest fail- ing , is now fast losing ground ; and , while the frankness of their extensive hospitality continues the same , it is , generally speaking , refined GUY MANNERING . 27 CHAPTER III. ...
... . Deep drinking , formerly their greatest fail- ing , is now fast losing ground ; and , while the frankness of their extensive hospitality continues the same , it is , generally speaking , refined GUY MANNERING . 27 CHAPTER III. ...
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Guy Mannering Walter Scott (Sir). the same , it is , generally speaking , refined in its character , and restrained in its excesses . " Deil's in the wife , " said Dandy Dinmont , shaking off his spouse's embrace , but gently , and with ...
Guy Mannering Walter Scott (Sir). the same , it is , generally speaking , refined in its character , and restrained in its excesses . " Deil's in the wife , " said Dandy Dinmont , shaking off his spouse's embrace , but gently , and with ...
Page 48
... speak to his host Dinmont on the subject , but for obvious reasons concluded it were best defer the explanation until a cool hour in the morning . The sportsmen returned loaded with fish , up- wards of one hundred salmon having been ...
... speak to his host Dinmont on the subject , but for obvious reasons concluded it were best defer the explanation until a cool hour in the morning . The sportsmen returned loaded with fish , up- wards of one hundred salmon having been ...
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... speaking very slow , " the folks hereabout are a ' Armstrongs and Elliots , and sic like - twa or three given names — and so , for distinction's sake , the lairds and farmers have the names of their places that they live at - as , for ...
... speaking very slow , " the folks hereabout are a ' Armstrongs and Elliots , and sic like - twa or three given names — and so , for distinction's sake , the lairds and farmers have the names of their places that they live at - as , for ...
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