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 17
... heads of a numerous tribe , called Mac - Dinga- waie , though they afterwards adopted the Norman surname of Bertram . They had made war , raised rebellions , been defeat- ed , beheaded , and hanged , as became a fa- mily of importance ...
... heads of a numerous tribe , called Mac - Dinga- waie , though they afterwards adopted the Norman surname of Bertram . They had made war , raised rebellions , been defeat- ed , beheaded , and hanged , as became a fa- mily of importance ...
Page 29
... head , shut the Bible , stumbled down the pulpit - stairs , trampling upon the old women who generally take their station there , and was ever after designated as a " stickit minister . " And thus he wander- ed back to his own country ...
... head , shut the Bible , stumbled down the pulpit - stairs , trampling upon the old women who generally take their station there , and was ever after designated as a " stickit minister . " And thus he wander- ed back to his own country ...
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... head and groan , Dominie - I am sure the kirk dues were all well paid , and what can a man do more ? —it was laid till her ere she had on a sark ower her head ; and the man that she since wad- ded does not think her a pin the worse for ...
... head and groan , Dominie - I am sure the kirk dues were all well paid , and what can a man do more ? —it was laid till her ere she had on a sark ower her head ; and the man that she since wad- ded does not think her a pin the worse for ...
Page 65
... head , and while he was yet hammering out a rhyme for spindle , the task of the sybil was accomplished , or her wool was expended . She took the spindle , now charged with her labours , and , undoing the thread gradually , measured it ...
... head , and while he was yet hammering out a rhyme for spindle , the task of the sybil was accomplished , or her wool was expended . She took the spindle , now charged with her labours , and , undoing the thread gradually , measured it ...
Page 83
... his good wishes for the prosperity of the family ; then , turning his horse's head towards England , disappeared from the sight of the inmates of Ellan- gowan . He must also disappear from that of our GUY MANNERING . 83.
... his good wishes for the prosperity of the family ; then , turning his horse's head towards England , disappeared from the sight of the inmates of Ellan- gowan . He must also disappear from that of our GUY MANNERING . 83.
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ancient answered appearance Arthur Mervyn ASTROLOGER auld bairn Brown called castle Charles Hazlewood circumstances Colonel Mannering commanded daughter Deacon dear Derncleugh Dirk Hatteraick Dominie Sampson door Dunbog Ellan eyes father fear feelings flageolet frae Frank Kennedy gentleman Glossin Godfrey Bertram GUY MANNERING gypsies Harry Bertram Hazlewood head heard honour hope horse hour ISAAC FOOT Julia Kippletringan Laird of Ellangowan land landlady look lugger Mac-Candlish Mac-Morlan Mannering's Matilda maun ment Merrilies Mervyn Miss Bertram Miss Lucy Miss Mannering Morlan nering never night occasion ower parlour person Point of Warroch poor Precentor puir racter reader ride round ruins scene Scotland seemed servant sloop sloop of war stranger supposed sure tell ther there's thing thought tion told turned vessel weel wish wood Woodbourne ye'll young lady young Laird