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Page 18
... having hushed a wailing infant which the spokeswoman carried in her arms ,
assured Gay Mannering , “ It was a weary lang gate yet to Kippletringan , and
unco heavy road for foot passengers . ” The poor hack upon which Mannering
was ...
... having hushed a wailing infant which the spokeswoman carried in her arms ,
assured Gay Mannering , “ It was a weary lang gate yet to Kippletringan , and
unco heavy road for foot passengers . ” The poor hack upon which Mannering
was ...
Page 27
Half the youthful mob “ of the yards ” used to assemble regularly to see Dominie
Sampson ( for he had already attained that honourable title ) descend the stairs
from the Greek class , with his Lexicon under his arm , his long misshapen legs ...
Half the youthful mob “ of the yards ” used to assemble regularly to see Dominie
Sampson ( for he had already attained that honourable title ) descend the stairs
from the Greek class , with his Lexicon under his arm , his long misshapen legs ...
Page 40
The arms of the family , carved in freestone , frowned over the gateway , and the
portal showed the spaces arranged by the architect for lowering the portcullis ,
and raising the draw - bridge . A rude farm - gate , made of young fir - trees nailed
...
The arms of the family , carved in freestone , frowned over the gateway , and the
portal showed the spaces arranged by the architect for lowering the portcullis ,
and raising the draw - bridge . A rude farm - gate , made of young fir - trees nailed
...
Page 41
Mannering stood a minute with his arms folded , and then turned to the ruined
castle . On entering the gateway , he found that the rude magnificence of the
inner court amply corresponded with the grandeur of the exterior . On the one
side ran ...
Mannering stood a minute with his arms folded , and then turned to the ruined
castle . On entering the gateway , he found that the rude magnificence of the
inner court amply corresponded with the grandeur of the exterior . On the one
side ran ...
Page 76
The corpse was lying half in , half out of the water ; the advancing tide , raising
the arm and stirring the clothes , had given it at some distance the appearance of
motion , so that those who first discovered the body thought that life remained .
The corpse was lying half in , half out of the water ; the advancing tide , raising
the arm and stirring the clothes , had given it at some distance the appearance of
motion , so that those who first discovered the body thought that life remained .
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| Title | Guy Mannering Or, The Astrologer Volume 99 of Collection of British and American authors Volume 99 of Collection of British authors Volume 99 of Tauchnitz edition Collecttion of British authors Volume 99 of Tauchnitz edition |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Publisher | Tauchnitz, 1846 |
| Original from | Austrian National Library |
| Digitized | 27 Nov 2017 |
| Length | 467 pages |
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