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Page 26
Pedlars , gipsies , tinkers , vagrants of all descriptions , roosted about his
outhouses , or harboured in his kitchen ; and the laird , who was “ pae nice body ,
" but a thorough gossip , like most weak men , found recompense for his
hospitality in ...
Pedlars , gipsies , tinkers , vagrants of all descriptions , roosted about his
outhouses , or harboured in his kitchen ; and the laird , who was “ pae nice body ,
" but a thorough gossip , like most weak men , found recompense for his
hospitality in ...
Page 76
the wood , the searchers began to draw together into one body , and to compare
notes . The agony of the father grew beyond concealment , yet it scarcely
equalled the anguish of the tutor . “ Would to God I had died for him ! ” the
affectionate ...
the wood , the searchers began to draw together into one body , and to compare
notes . The agony of the father grew beyond concealment , yet it scarcely
equalled the anguish of the tutor . “ Would to God I had died for him ! ” the
affectionate ...
Page 191
She accompained this dismal sound with a slow rocking motion of her body to
and fro , as if to keep time with her song . The words ran nearly thus :Wasted ,
weary , wherefore stay , Wrestling thus with earth and clay ? From the body pass
away ...
She accompained this dismal sound with a slow rocking motion of her body to
and fro , as if to keep time with her song . The words ran nearly thus :Wasted ,
weary , wherefore stay , Wrestling thus with earth and clay ? From the body pass
away ...
Page 194
Then she turned again to the dead body , and found something new to arrange or
alter in its position . “ He's a bonny corpse , ” she muttered to herself , “ and weel
worth the streaking . " And in this dismal occupation she appeared to feel a sort ...
Then she turned again to the dead body , and found something new to arrange or
alter in its position . “ He's a bonny corpse , ” she muttered to herself , “ and weel
worth the streaking . " And in this dismal occupation she appeared to feel a sort ...
Page 244
... of selfish apprehension were for a time superseded , as Glossin passed the
spot where Kennedy's body had been found . It was marked by the fragment of
rock which had been precipitated from the cliff above , either with the body or
after it .
... of selfish apprehension were for a time superseded , as Glossin passed the
spot where Kennedy's body had been found . It was marked by the fragment of
rock which had been precipitated from the cliff above , either with the body or
after it .
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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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