Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 1James Ballantyne and Company For Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; and Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh., 1815 - Astrologers - 358 pages |
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Page 98
... Scotland . It is well known that the gypsies were , at an early period , acknowledged as a se- parate and independent race by one of the Scottish monarchs , and that they were less favourably distinguished by a subse- quent law , which ...
... Scotland . It is well known that the gypsies were , at an early period , acknowledged as a se- parate and independent race by one of the Scottish monarchs , and that they were less favourably distinguished by a subse- quent law , which ...
Page 100
... Scotland ( besides a great many poor families very meanly provided for by the church boxes , with others , who , by living upon bad food , fall into various diseases ) two hundred thousand people begging from door to door . These are ...
... Scotland ( besides a great many poor families very meanly provided for by the church boxes , with others , who , by living upon bad food , fall into various diseases ) two hundred thousand people begging from door to door . These are ...
Page 103
... Scotland , living like wild Indians among European settlers , and , like them , judged of rather by their own customs , habits , and opinions , than as if they had been members of the civilized part of the community . Some hordes of ...
... Scotland , living like wild Indians among European settlers , and , like them , judged of rather by their own customs , habits , and opinions , than as if they had been members of the civilized part of the community . Some hordes of ...
Page 104
... Scotland . A tribe of these itinerants , to whom Meg Merrilies appertained , had long been as stationary as their habits permitted , in a glen upon the estate of Ellangowan . They had there erected a few huts , which they denominated ...
... Scotland . A tribe of these itinerants , to whom Meg Merrilies appertained , had long been as stationary as their habits permitted , in a glen upon the estate of Ellangowan . They had there erected a few huts , which they denominated ...
Page 117
... Scotland , when a tenant proves refractory . The gypsies , for a time , beheld the work of destruction in sullen silence and inactivity ; then set about saddling and loading their asses , and making preparations for their departure ...
... Scotland , when a tenant proves refractory . The gypsies , for a time , beheld the work of destruction in sullen silence and inactivity ; then set about saddling and loading their asses , and making preparations for their departure ...
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