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Page 75
The tenants and cottagers in the neighbourhood lent their assistance , partly out
of zeal , partly from curiosity . Boats were manned to search the sea - shore ,
which , on the other side of the Point , rose , into high and indented rocks . A
vague ...
The tenants and cottagers in the neighbourhood lent their assistance , partly out
of zeal , partly from curiosity . Boats were manned to search the sea - shore ,
which , on the other side of the Point , rose , into high and indented rocks . A
vague ...
Page 307
The wind was adverse , attended by some rain , and they struggled against it
without much assistance from the tide . The boat was heavily laden with goods , (
part of which were probably contraband , ) and laboured deep in the sea .
The wind was adverse , attended by some rain , and they struggled against it
without much assistance from the tide . The boat was heavily laden with goods , (
part of which were probably contraband , ) and laboured deep in the sea .
Page 309
A ledge of rock had , by the assistance of the chisel and pick - axe , been formed
into a sort of quay . The rock was of extremely hard consistence , and the task so
difficult , that , according to the fisherman , a labourer who wrought at the work ...
A ledge of rock had , by the assistance of the chisel and pick - axe , been formed
into a sort of quay . The rock was of extremely hard consistence , and the task so
difficult , that , according to the fisherman , a labourer who wrought at the work ...
Page 428
... which might have proved fatal to the honest farmer , had not Bertram , as well
as Hazlewood , come to his assistance , when , by main force , and no ordinary
exertion of it , they threw Hatteraick on the ground , disarmed him , and bound
him .
... which might have proved fatal to the honest farmer , had not Bertram , as well
as Hazlewood , come to his assistance , when , by main force , and no ordinary
exertion of it , they threw Hatteraick on the ground , disarmed him , and bound
him .
Page 441
I dared not have hoped for your assistance to poor country gentlemen at this
period of the session . " Pleydell took snuff , and eyed him with a glance equally
shrewd and sarcastic - “ I'll teach him , ” he said aside to Mannering , “ the value
of ...
I dared not have hoped for your assistance to poor country gentlemen at this
period of the session . " Pleydell took snuff , and eyed him with a glance equally
shrewd and sarcastic - “ I'll teach him , ” he said aside to Mannering , “ the value
of ...
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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 |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Publisher | Bernhard Tauhnitz, 1846 |
| Original from | Austrian National Library |
| Digitized | 27 Nov 2017 |
| Length | 467 pages |
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