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... head at this relaxation of attention ; yet , on the whole , he was pleased with the youth's replies . At sunset the young man was made to take the bath ; and , having done so , he was directed to attire himself in a robe , some- what ...
... head at this relaxation of attention ; yet , on the whole , he was pleased with the youth's replies . At sunset the young man was made to take the bath ; and , having done so , he was directed to attire himself in a robe , some- what ...
Page 13
... head above water ; and , while she had voice left , continued to exclaim at such intervals , Charlie yet ! Charlie yet ! ' When a child , and among the scenes which she frequented , I have often heard these stories , and cried piteously ...
... head above water ; and , while she had voice left , continued to exclaim at such intervals , Charlie yet ! Charlie yet ! ' When a child , and among the scenes which she frequented , I have often heard these stories , and cried piteously ...
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... heads of a numerous tribe , called Mac - Dingawaie , though they afterwards adopted the Norman surname of Bertram . They had made war , raised rebellions , been defeated , beheaded , and hanged , as became a family of importance , for ...
... heads of a numerous tribe , called Mac - Dingawaie , though they afterwards adopted the Norman surname of Bertram . They had made war , raised rebellions , been defeated , beheaded , and hanged , as became a family of importance , for ...
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... head , shut the Bible , stumbled down the pulpit stairs , trampling upon the old women who generally take their station there , and was ever after designated as a " stickit minister . " And thus he wandered back to his own country ...
... head , shut the Bible , stumbled down the pulpit stairs , trampling upon the old women who generally take their station there , and was ever after designated as a " stickit minister . " And thus he wandered back to his own country ...
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... head and groan , Dominie I am sure the kirk dues were a ' weel paid , and what can man do mair ? - it was laid till her ere she had a sark ower her head ; and the man that she since wadded does not think her a pin the waur for the ...
... head and groan , Dominie I am sure the kirk dues were a ' weel paid , and what can man do mair ? - it was laid till her ere she had a sark ower her head ; and the man that she since wadded does not think her a pin the waur for the ...
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Allonby answered appearance Astrologer auld Aweel bairn better called Captain castle character Charles Hazlewood Charlies-hope Colonel Mannering counsellor Dandie dear Derncleugh deyvil Dinmont Dirk Hatteraick Dominie Sampson door Ellangowan eyes father favour fear feelings fellow frae Frank Kennedy gentleman gipsy Glossin gude Guy Mannering hand Hazlewood-house head heard honour horse Julia justice justice of peace Kennedy Kippletringan Laird Liddesdale light look Lucy Bertram lugger Mac-Candlish Mac-Guffog Mac-Morlan mair Mannering's Matilda maun Merrilies mind Miss Bertram Miss Mannering morning muckle naething never night observed occasion ower person Pleydell poor Portanferry postilion prisoner recollection replied round ruin scene Scotland seemed Singleside Sir Robert Hazlewood smugglers stranger supposed tell there's thing thought tion turned Vanbeest Brown voice Warroch weel window woman wood Woodbourne young Hazlewood young lady younker