Guy Mannering, Or, The AstrologerBernhard Tauchnitz, 1846 - 467 pages |
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Page 32
... down your watch , and tell me the very minute o ' the hour the wean's born , and I'll spae its fortune . " - " Ay , but , Meg , we shall not want your assistance , for here's a student from Oxford that kens much better than you 32.
... down your watch , and tell me the very minute o ' the hour the wean's born , and I'll spae its fortune . " - " Ay , but , Meg , we shall not want your assistance , for here's a student from Oxford that kens much better than you 32.
Page 47
... Mannering assumed the expected look of surprise , but thought within himself that the worshipful bench suffered no great depri- vation from wanting the assistance of his good - humoured land- lord . Mr. Bertram had now hit upon one of 47.
... Mannering assumed the expected look of surprise , but thought within himself that the worshipful bench suffered no great depri- vation from wanting the assistance of his good - humoured land- lord . Mr. Bertram had now hit upon one of 47.
Page 61
... assistance of his servant , a surly fellow , who had immediate recourse to his horse - whip . A few lashes sent the party a - scampering ; and thus commenced the first breach of the peace between the house of Ellangowan and the gipsies ...
... assistance of his servant , a surly fellow , who had immediate recourse to his horse - whip . A few lashes sent the party a - scampering ; and thus commenced the first breach of the peace between the house of Ellangowan and the gipsies ...
Page 75
... assistance , partly out of zeal , partly from curiosity . Boats were manned to search the sea - shore , which , on the other side of the Point , rose into high and indented rocks . A vague suspicion was entertained , though too horrible ...
... assistance , partly out of zeal , partly from curiosity . Boats were manned to search the sea - shore , which , on the other side of the Point , rose into high and indented rocks . A vague suspicion was entertained , though too horrible ...
Page 108
... assistance , and turned round towards the ghastliness of his features forming a strange contrast with the violence of his exclamations . " Out of my sight , ye viper ! ye frozen viper , that I warmed till ye stung me ! Art thou not ...
... assistance , and turned round towards the ghastliness of his features forming a strange contrast with the violence of his exclamations . " Out of my sight , ye viper ! ye frozen viper , that I warmed till ye stung me ! Art thou not ...
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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 suppose tell there's thing thought tion turned Vanbeest Brown voice Warroch weel window woman wood Woodbourne young Hazlewood young lady younker