Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer: In Three Volumes, Volume 3Didot, 1821 - 235 pages |
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... woman for strength and resolution capable of maintaining order among her riotous inmates , and of administering the discipline of the house , as it was called , during the absence of her husband , or when he chanced to have taken an ...
... woman for strength and resolution capable of maintaining order among her riotous inmates , and of administering the discipline of the house , as it was called , during the absence of her husband , or when he chanced to have taken an ...
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... woman is a sovereign among them , why was she not able to afford me open protection , and to get me back my property ? » « Ou , wha kens ? she has muckle to say wi ' them , but whiles they'll tak their ain way for a ' that , when they ...
... woman is a sovereign among them , why was she not able to afford me open protection , and to get me back my property ? » « Ou , wha kens ? she has muckle to say wi ' them , but whiles they'll tak their ain way for a ' that , when they ...
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... the Dominie , « I am dubious —for , woman , I am perturbed at thy words , and my flesh quakes to hear thee . >> " They'll do you nae ill though , and maybe muckle gude . » > * Avoid ye ! I desire nae good that comes 82 GUY MANNERING .
... the Dominie , « I am dubious —for , woman , I am perturbed at thy words , and my flesh quakes to hear thee . >> " They'll do you nae ill though , and maybe muckle gude . » > * Avoid ye ! I desire nae good that comes 82 GUY MANNERING .
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... woman , stand off upon thine own proper peril ! -desist , I say I am strong - lo , I will resist ! » - Here his speech was cut short , for Meg , armed with su- pernatural strength ( as the Dominie asserted ) broke in upon his guard ...
... woman , stand off upon thine own proper peril ! -desist , I say I am strong - lo , I will resist ! » - Here his speech was cut short , for Meg , armed with su- pernatural strength ( as the Dominie asserted ) broke in upon his guard ...
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... woman ? » - " I am nae good woman a ' the country kens I am bad enough , and may be sorry eneugh that I am nae better . But I can do what good wo- men canna , and darena do . I can do what would freeze the blood o ' them that is bred in ...
... woman ? » - " I am nae good woman a ' the country kens I am bad enough , and may be sorry eneugh that I am nae better . But I can do what good wo- men canna , and darena do . I can do what would freeze the blood o ' them that is bred in ...
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