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Page 12
Only the gentlemen were sometimes invited to take their guns when they
attended us , and I observed that my father for several nights paid particular
attention to having the house properly secured , and required his domestics to
keep their ...
Only the gentlemen were sometimes invited to take their guns when they
attended us , and I observed that my father for several nights paid particular
attention to having the house properly secured , and required his domestics to
keep their ...
Page 25
Pray , do you remember a remarkably tall young man , who lodged one night in
your house last week ? " “ Troth , sir , I canna weel say — I never take heed
whether my company be lang or short , if they make a lang bill . " “ And if they do
not ...
Pray , do you remember a remarkably tall young man , who lodged one night in
your house last week ? " “ Troth , sir , I canna weel say — I never take heed
whether my company be lang or short , if they make a lang bill . " “ And if they do
not ...
Page 27
So you admit , then , that such a person lodged here the night before this vile
business ? ” “ Troth did he , sir , and a ' the house were taen wi ' him , he was sic
a frank , pleasant young man . It wasna for his spending , I'm sure , for he just had
a ...
So you admit , then , that such a person lodged here the night before this vile
business ? ” “ Troth did he , sir , and a ' the house were taen wi ' him , he was sic
a frank , pleasant young man . It wasna for his spending , I'm sure , for he just had
a ...
Page 30
Our readers ' old acquaintance , Jock Jabos , was first summoned , and admitted
frankly , that he had seen and conversed upon the ice that morning with a
stranger , who , he understood , had lodged at the Gordon - Arms the night before
.
Our readers ' old acquaintance , Jock Jabos , was first summoned , and admitted
frankly , that he had seen and conversed upon the ice that morning with a
stranger , who , he understood , had lodged at the Gordon - Arms the night before
.
Page 42
I shall confine you in the old castle for to - night , and give these people double
allowance of grog . Mac - Guffog will fall in the trap in which he caught you . The
stanchions on the window of the strong room , as they call it , are wasted to
pieces ...
I shall confine you in the old castle for to - night , and give these people double
allowance of grog . Mac - Guffog will fall in the trap in which he caught you . The
stanchions on the window of the strong room , as they call it , are wasted to
pieces ...
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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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