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Page 26
He was even a kind of favourite with them , and upon the division of a common ,
or the holding of a black - fishing , or poaching court , or any similar occasion ,
when they conceived themselves oppressed by the gentry , they were in the habit
of ...
He was even a kind of favourite with them , and upon the division of a common ,
or the holding of a black - fishing , or poaching court , or any similar occasion ,
when they conceived themselves oppressed by the gentry , they were in the habit
of ...
Page 262
On one occasion he was recovered by Barnes , who understood his humour ,
when , after engaging in close colloquy with the schoolmaster of Moffat ,
respecting a disputed quantity in Horace's 7th Ode , Book II . , the dispute led on
to another ...
On one occasion he was recovered by Barnes , who understood his humour ,
when , after engaging in close colloquy with the schoolmaster of Moffat ,
respecting a disputed quantity in Horace's 7th Ode , Book II . , the dispute led on
to another ...
Page 294
The grave and laconic simplicity of Sampson's answers to the insidious questions
of the barrister , placed the bonhommie of his character in a more luminous point
of view than Mannering had yet seen it . Upon the same occasion , he drew ...
The grave and laconic simplicity of Sampson's answers to the insidious questions
of the barrister , placed the bonhommie of his character in a more luminous point
of view than Mannering had yet seen it . Upon the same occasion , he drew ...
Page 397
... saying , there's some siller in the spleuchant that's like the Captain's ain , for we
've aye counted it such , baith Ailie and me . ” “ No , no , Liddesdale - no occasion
, no occasion whatever - keep thy cash to stock thy farm . " “ To stock my farm ?
... saying , there's some siller in the spleuchant that's like the Captain's ain , for we
've aye counted it such , baith Ailie and me . ” “ No , no , Liddesdale - no occasion
, no occasion whatever - keep thy cash to stock thy farm . " “ To stock my farm ?
Page 441
For my part , ” said Mr. Pleydell , “ so far from considering your attendance as an
intrusion , Mr. Glossin , I was never so pleased in my life to meet with you ;
especially as I think we should , at any rate , have had occasion to request the
favour of ...
For my part , ” said Mr. Pleydell , “ so far from considering your attendance as an
intrusion , Mr. Glossin , I was never so pleased in my life to meet with you ;
especially as I think we should , at any rate , have had occasion to request the
favour of ...
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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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