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Page 88
I am sure , neighbour Ovens , ” said the hostess , “ the Hazlewoods of Hazlewood
, though they are a very gude auld family in the county , never thought , till within
these twa score o ' years , of evening themselves to the Ellangowans .
I am sure , neighbour Ovens , ” said the hostess , “ the Hazlewoods of Hazlewood
, though they are a very gude auld family in the county , never thought , till within
these twa score o ' years , of evening themselves to the Ellangowans .
Page 90
I have a sma ' matter due mysell , but I would rather have lost it than gane to turn
the auld man out of his house , and him just dying . " “ Ay , but , ” said the parish -
clerk , “ Factor Glossin wants to get rid of the auld Laird , and drive on the sale ...
I have a sma ' matter due mysell , but I would rather have lost it than gane to turn
the auld man out of his house , and him just dying . " “ Ay , but , ” said the parish -
clerk , “ Factor Glossin wants to get rid of the auld Laird , and drive on the sale ...
Page 196
But ye are a ' altered from the gude auld rules , and no wonder that you scour the
cramp - ring , and trine to the cheatttt sae often . Yes , ye are a ' altered - you ' ll
eat the goodman's meat , drink his drink , sleep on the strammel * in his barn ...
But ye are a ' altered from the gude auld rules , and no wonder that you scour the
cramp - ring , and trine to the cheatttt sae often . Yes , ye are a ' altered - you ' ll
eat the goodman's meat , drink his drink , sleep on the strammel * in his barn ...
Page 347
Ony way she's a kind o ' queen amang the gipsies ; she is mair than a hundred
year auld , folk say , and minds the coming in o ' the moss - troopers in the
troublesome times when the Stewarts were put awa . Sae , if she canna hide
hersell ...
Ony way she's a kind o ' queen amang the gipsies ; she is mair than a hundred
year auld , folk say , and minds the coming in o ' the moss - troopers in the
troublesome times when the Stewarts were put awa . Sae , if she canna hide
hersell ...
Page 420
there my kettle boiled for forty years — there I bore twelve buirdly sons and
daughters - where are they now ? — where are the leaves that were on that auld
ash - tree at Martinmas ? - the west wind has made it bare — and I'm stripped too
.
there my kettle boiled for forty years — there I bore twelve buirdly sons and
daughters - where are they now ? — where are the leaves that were on that auld
ash - tree at Martinmas ? - the west wind has made it bare — and I'm stripped too
.
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Bibliographic information
| 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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