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Een the winsome Gudeman of Lochside , poor body , ' replied Jean ; " he's been
at Newcastle seeking siller to pay his rent , honest man , but deil - be - lickit he's
been able to gather in , and sae he's gaun e'en hame wi ' a toom purse and a ...
Een the winsome Gudeman of Lochside , poor body , ' replied Jean ; " he's been
at Newcastle seeking siller to pay his rent , honest man , but deil - be - lickit he's
been able to gather in , and sae he's gaun e'en hame wi ' a toom purse and a ...
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... for they never turn awa naebody frae the door ; and ye ' ll be come in the canny
moment , I'm thinking , for the laird's servant - that's no to say his body - servant ,
but the helper like - rade express by this e'en to fetch the houdie , and he has ...
... for they never turn awa naebody frae the door ; and ye ' ll be come in the canny
moment , I'm thinking , for the laird's servant - that's no to say his body - servant ,
but the helper like - rade express by this e'en to fetch the houdie , and he has ...
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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 ...
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And the leddy , on ilka Christmas night as it came round , gae twelve siller
pennies to ilka puir body about , in honour of the twelve apostles like . They were
fond to ca ' it papistrie ; but I think our great folk might take a lesson frae the
papists ...
And the leddy , on ilka Christmas night as it came round , gae twelve siller
pennies to ilka puir body about , in honour of the twelve apostles like . They were
fond to ca ' it papistrie ; but I think our great folk might take a lesson frae the
papists ...
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What needs he make himself mair busy than other folk ? Cannot he sing his sang
, and take his drink , and draw his salary , like Collector Snail , honest man , that
never fashes ony body ? And I wonder at you , Laird , for meddling and making ...
What needs he make himself mair busy than other folk ? Cannot he sing his sang
, and take his drink , and draw his salary , like Collector Snail , honest man , that
never fashes ony body ? And I wonder at you , Laird , for meddling and making ...
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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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