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Page 13
... and others deeply interested in a less active pastime , crowding round the spot
where the inhabitants of two rival parishes contended for the prize at curling , -an
honour of no small importance , if we were to judge from the anxiety expressed ...
... and others deeply interested in a less active pastime , crowding round the spot
where the inhabitants of two rival parishes contended for the prize at curling , -an
honour of no small importance , if we were to judge from the anxiety expressed ...
Page 36
... with great pleasure that on his return to his house from Kippletringan , he heard
his servants announce hastily , “ that Mac - Guffog , the thief - taker , and twa or
three concurrents , had a man in hands in the kitchen waiting for his honour .
... with great pleasure that on his return to his house from Kippletringan , he heard
his servants announce hastily , “ that Mac - Guffog , the thief - taker , and twa or
three concurrents , had a man in hands in the kitchen waiting for his honour .
Page 37
Your honour sees I went down to yon place that your honour spoke o ' , that's kept
by her that your honour kens o ' , by the sea - side . —So says she , what are you
wanting here ? ye'll be come wi ' a broom in your pocket frae Ellangowan ?
Your honour sees I went down to yon place that your honour spoke o ' , that's kept
by her that your honour kens o ' , by the sea - side . —So says she , what are you
wanting here ? ye'll be come wi ' a broom in your pocket frae Ellangowan ?
Page 38
... to answer what your honour likes to speir . " This narrative , delivered with a
wonderful quantity of gesture and grimace , received at the conclusion the thanks
and praises which the narrator expected . “ Had he no arms ? " asked the Justice
.
... to answer what your honour likes to speir . " This narrative , delivered with a
wonderful quantity of gesture and grimace , received at the conclusion the thanks
and praises which the narrator expected . “ Had he no arms ? " asked the Justice
.
Page 67
It was not without hesitation that he took this step , having the natural reluctance
to face Colonel Mannering , which fraud and villany have to encounter honour
and probity . But he had great confidence in his own savoir faire . His talents were
...
It was not without hesitation that he took this step , having the natural reluctance
to face Colonel Mannering , which fraud and villany have to encounter honour
and probity . But he had great confidence in his own savoir faire . His talents were
...
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| Title | Guy Mannering, Volume 2 Guy Mannering, Walter Scott Volumes 3-4 of The Waverley novels / by Walter Scott |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Publisher | Black, 1859 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 9 Jul 2013 |
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