Guy Mannering, Volume 2Black, 1859 |
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Page 21
... light to his neighbours , and perhaps raise him to the eminence sometimes attained by a shrewd , worldly , bustling man of business , when , settled among a generation of country gentlemen , he becomes , in Burns ' language , The tongue ...
... light to his neighbours , and perhaps raise him to the eminence sometimes attained by a shrewd , worldly , bustling man of business , when , settled among a generation of country gentlemen , he becomes , in Burns ' language , The tongue ...
Page 25
... light brown hair unpowdered , blue eyes , and a straight nose , travelled on foot , had no servant or baggage - you surely can remem- ber having seen such a traveller ? " " Indeed , sir , " answered Mrs. Mac - Candlish , bent on ...
... light brown hair unpowdered , blue eyes , and a straight nose , travelled on foot , had no servant or baggage - you surely can remem- ber having seen such a traveller ? " " Indeed , sir , " answered Mrs. Mac - Candlish , bent on ...
Page 30
... light upon the criminal's escape as she had formerly been desirous of withholding it , for the miscellaneous con- tents of the purse argued strongly to her mind that all was not right , Mrs. Mac - Candlish , I say , now gave Glossin to ...
... light upon the criminal's escape as she had formerly been desirous of withholding it , for the miscellaneous con- tents of the purse argued strongly to her mind that all was not right , Mrs. Mac - Candlish , I say , now gave Glossin to ...
Page 35
... had made careful minutes of the information derived from these examinations . They threw little light upon the story , so far as he understood its pur- port ; but the better informed reader has received ,. CHAPTER THE THIRTY - THIRD . ...
... had made careful minutes of the information derived from these examinations . They threw little light upon the story , so far as he understood its pur- port ; but the better informed reader has received ,. CHAPTER THE THIRTY - THIRD . ...
Page 44
... light a fire for yourselves there , and I'll send you plenty of stuff to make you comfortable . But be sure you lock the door upon the prisoner ; and , hark ye , let him have a fire in the strong room too , the season requires it ...
... light a fire for yourselves there , and I'll send you plenty of stuff to make you comfortable . But be sure you lock the door upon the prisoner ; and , hark ye , let him have a fire in the strong room too , the season requires it ...
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Allonby appearance arms auld Aweel Baronet better called canna Captain carriage Charles Hazlewood Colonel Mannering counsellor Dandie dear Derncleugh devil deyvil Dinmont dinna Dirk Hatteraick Dominie door Ellangowan eneugh exclaimed eyes father favour feelings fellow frae gentleman gipsy Glossin GUY MANNERING hand Hazle Hazlewood of Hazlewood Hazlewood-House heard Henry Bertram honest honour horse interest Jock Julia justice Kippletringan lawyer Liddesdale look Lord Monboddo Lucy Bertram Mac-Candlish Mac-Guffog Mac-Morlan mair Mannering's maun Merrilies mind Miss Bertram Miss Mannering morning murder naething never night occasion ower person Pleydell Portanferry prisoner recollection replied respect Sampson Scotland Singleside Sir Robert Hazlewood smugglers stood stranger tell there's thing thought tone took turned Vanbeest Brown voice Warroch weel woman wood Woodbourne ye'll young Hazlewood young ladies younker