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... three miles ' distance , for the purpose of shooting wild ducks , and while Lucy
and I were busied with arranging our plan of work and study for the day , we were
alarmed by the sound of horses ' feet , advancing very fast up the avenue .
... three miles ' distance , for the purpose of shooting wild ducks , and while Lucy
and I were busied with arranging our plan of work and study for the day , we were
alarmed by the sound of horses ' feet , advancing very fast up the avenue .
Page 3
two or three men , armed , mounted , and each leading a spare horse loaded with
packages , appeared on the lawn , and , without keeping upon the road , which
makes a small sweep , pushed right across for the door of the house .
two or three men , armed , mounted , and each leading a spare horse loaded with
packages , appeared on the lawn , and , without keeping upon the road , which
makes a small sweep , pushed right across for the door of the house .
Page 5
At length the silence of this awful period of expectation was broken by a sound ,
which , at a distance , was like the rushing of a stream of water , but , as it
approached , we distinguished the thick - beating clang of a number of horses
advancing ...
At length the silence of this awful period of expectation was broken by a sound ,
which , at a distance , was like the rushing of a stream of water , but , as it
approached , we distinguished the thick - beating clang of a number of horses
advancing ...
Page 6
so terrified in my life as by the savage appearance of these ruffians , their horses
reeking with the speed at which they had ridden , and their furious exclamations
of rage and disappointment , when they saw themselves baulked of their prey .
so terrified in my life as by the savage appearance of these ruffians , their horses
reeking with the speed at which they had ridden , and their furious exclamations
of rage and disappointment , when they saw themselves baulked of their prey .
Page 7
He himself aimed at the man on the grey horse , who fell on receiving his shot . ...
Their fall discouraged the rest , who began to turn round their horses ; and a few
shots fired at them soon sent them off , bearing along with them their slain or ...
He himself aimed at the man on the grey horse , who fell on receiving his shot . ...
Their fall discouraged the rest , who began to turn round their horses ; and a few
shots fired at them soon sent them off , bearing along with them their slain or ...
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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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