A Complete Edition of the Waverley Novels. With Introductory Notes by the Author: Guy Mannering; or, the astrologer ; Vol. II, Volume 5Wigand, 1831 |
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... horse , employed in eating his corn . The cottages in this part of Cumberland partake of the rudeness which characterises those of Scotland . The outside of the house promised little for the interior , notwithstanding the vaunt of a ...
... horse , employed in eating his corn . The cottages in this part of Cumberland partake of the rudeness which characterises those of Scotland . The outside of the house promised little for the interior , notwithstanding the vaunt of a ...
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... horse . » Brown was no fastidious traveller he stooped and entered the ca- baret . * - The first object which caught his eye in the kitchen , was a tall , stout , country - looking man , in a large jockey great - coat , the owner of the ...
... horse . » Brown was no fastidious traveller he stooped and entered the ca- baret . * - The first object which caught his eye in the kitchen , was a tall , stout , country - looking man , in a large jockey great - coat , the owner of the ...
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... the county , that has been sae for some years past ? » « Na , he's got some other birth in Edinburgh , they say — but gude day , gudewife , I maun ride . She followed » - him to his horse , and , while he drew 24 GUY MANNERING .
... the county , that has been sae for some years past ? » « Na , he's got some other birth in Edinburgh , they say — but gude day , gudewife , I maun ride . She followed » - him to his horse , and , while he drew 24 GUY MANNERING .
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... horse , and , while he drew the girths of his saddle , adjusted the walise , and put on the bridle , still plied him with questions concerning Mr Bertram's death , and the fate of his daughter ; on which , however , she could obtain ...
... horse , and , while he drew the girths of his saddle , adjusted the walise , and put on the bridle , still plied him with questions concerning Mr Bertram's death , and the fate of his daughter ; on which , however , she could obtain ...
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... horse was accommodated where it might have the necessary rest and feed of corn ; and Charlie himself , a dashing fellow , grew gracious with the landlady , a buxom quean , who used all the influence in her power to induce him to stop ...
... horse was accommodated where it might have the necessary rest and feed of corn ; and Charlie himself , a dashing fellow , grew gracious with the landlady , a buxom quean , who used all the influence in her power to induce him to stop ...
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