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Page 142
To give him money , and bid him go and furnish himself , would be only giving
him the means of making himself ridiculous ; for when such a rare event arrived
to Mr. Sampson as the purchase of new garments , the additions which he made
to ...
To give him money , and bid him go and furnish himself , would be only giving
him the means of making himself ridiculous ; for when such a rare event arrived
to Mr. Sampson as the purchase of new garments , the additions which he made
to ...
Page 165
It is pithily said , “ Give a dog an ill name and hang him ; ” and it may be added , if
you give a man , or race of men , an ill name , they are very likely to do something
that deserves hanging . Of this Brown had heard something , and suspected ...
It is pithily said , “ Give a dog an ill name and hang him ; ” and it may be added , if
you give a man , or race of men , an ill name , they are very likely to do something
that deserves hanging . Of this Brown had heard something , and suspected ...
Page 194
The face she left bare , after closing the mouth and eyes , and arranged the
capes of the cloak so as to hide the bloody bandages , and give the body , as she
muttered , “ a mair decent appearance . " At once three or four men , equally
ruffians ...
The face she left bare , after closing the mouth and eyes , and arranged the
capes of the cloak so as to hide the bloody bandages , and give the body , as she
muttered , “ a mair decent appearance . " At once three or four men , equally
ruffians ...
Page 368
Sir , " replied the Baronet , “ I do apprehend that Mr. Glossin would not presume
to give orders , or even an opinion , unless asked , in a matter in which
Hazlewood - house and the house of Hazlewood meaning by the one this
mansion - house ...
Sir , " replied the Baronet , “ I do apprehend that Mr. Glossin would not presume
to give orders , or even an opinion , unless asked , in a matter in which
Hazlewood - house and the house of Hazlewood meaning by the one this
mansion - house ...
Page 412
authority of the counsellor's opinion , “ as you must know best , and as you
promise to give up this “ If he proves an impostor , ” replied the lawyer , with some
emphasis . “ Ay , certainly under that condition I will take your bail ; though I must
say ...
authority of the counsellor's opinion , “ as you must know best , and as you
promise to give up this “ If he proves an impostor , ” replied the lawyer , with some
emphasis . “ Ay , certainly under that condition I will take your bail ; though I must
say ...
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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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