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Page 11
... ruin ) was about his person . " Jean set up a loud shout of joyful recognition - ' Eh , Sirs ! the winsome Gudeman of Lochside ! Light down , light down ; for ye maunna gang farther the night , and a friend's house sae near . ' The ...
... ruin ) was about his person . " Jean set up a loud shout of joyful recognition - ' Eh , Sirs ! the winsome Gudeman of Lochside ! Light down , light down ; for ye maunna gang farther the night , and a friend's house sae near . ' The ...
Page 16
... ruin came . The estate was sold ; and the old man was about to remove from the house of his fathers , to go he knew not whither , when , like an old piece of furniture , which , left alone in its wonted corner , may hold together for a ...
... ruin came . The estate was sold ; and the old man was about to remove from the house of his fathers , to go he knew not whither , when , like an old piece of furniture , which , left alone in its wonted corner , may hold together for a ...
Page 17
... ruins in the county of Dumfries , and spent much of the day in making drawings of them from different points ; so that , on mounting his horse to re- sume his journey , the brief and gloomy twilight of the season had already commenced ...
... ruins in the county of Dumfries , and spent much of the day in making drawings of them from different points ; so that , on mounting his horse to re- sume his journey , the brief and gloomy twilight of the season had already commenced ...
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... ruined mansion , of considerable ex- tent . Mannering fixed his eyes upon it with a disconsolate sen- sation . " Why , my little fellow , " he said , “ this is a ruin , not a house ? " " Ah , but the lairds lived there langsyne- that's ...
... ruined mansion , of considerable ex- tent . Mannering fixed his eyes upon it with a disconsolate sen- sation . " Why , my little fellow , " he said , “ this is a ruin , not a house ? " " Ah , but the lairds lived there langsyne- that's ...
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... ruins on the right , a few steps brought the traveller in front of a modern house of moderate size , at which his guide rapped with great importance . Mannering told his circumstances to the servant ; and the gentleman of the house ...
... ruins on the right , a few steps brought the traveller in front of a modern house of moderate size , at which his guide rapped with great importance . Mannering told his circumstances to the servant ; and the gentleman of the house ...
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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