Guy Mannering; Or, The Astrologer |
From inside the book
Page 21
... 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 Ellangowan * Hatching time . - Auld Place ; there's a hantle bogles about it 211.
... 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 Ellangowan * Hatching time . - Auld Place ; there's a hantle bogles about it 211.
Page 22
... Ellangowan . The boy , made happy with half - a - crown , was dismissed to his cottage , the weary horse was conducted to a stall , and Mannering found himself in a few minutes seated by a comfortable supper , for which his cold ride ...
... Ellangowan . The boy , made happy with half - a - crown , was dismissed to his cottage , the weary horse was conducted to a stall , and Mannering found himself in a few minutes seated by a comfortable supper , for which his cold ride ...
Page 23
... Ellangowan , who flourished tempore Caroli primi , was , says my authority , Sir Robert Douglas , in his Scot- tish Baronage , ( see the title Ellangowan , ) “ a steady loyalist , and full of zeal for the cause of his sacred majesty ...
... Ellangowan , who flourished tempore Caroli primi , was , says my authority , Sir Robert Douglas , in his Scot- tish Baronage , ( see the title Ellangowan , ) “ a steady loyalist , and full of zeal for the cause of his sacred majesty ...
Page 24
... Ellangowan . He turned out of doors the Rev. Aaron Macbriar , his mother's chaplain , ( it is said they quarrelled about the good graces of a milk - maid , ) drank himself daily drunk with brimming healths to the king , council , and ...
... Ellangowan . He turned out of doors the Rev. Aaron Macbriar , his mother's chaplain , ( it is said they quarrelled about the good graces of a milk - maid , ) drank himself daily drunk with brimming healths to the king , council , and ...
Page 25
... Ellangowan , in which we left our hero , better amused perhaps than our readers , and to this Lewis Bertram retreated , full of projects for re - establishing the pros- perity of his family . He took some land into his own hand , rented ...
... Ellangowan , in which we left our hero , better amused perhaps than our readers , and to this Lewis Bertram retreated , full of projects for re - establishing the pros- perity of his family . He took some land into his own hand , rented ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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