Guy Mannering, Volume 2Ticknor and Fields, 1857 |
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... Sampson stalked out of his den , and seized upon a fowling - piece , which my father had laid aside , to take what they call a rifle - gun , with which they shoot tigers , & c . in the East . The piece went off in the awk- ward hands of ...
... Sampson stalked out of his den , and seized upon a fowling - piece , which my father had laid aside , to take what they call a rifle - gun , with which they shoot tigers , & c . in the East . The piece went off in the awk- ward hands of ...
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... Sampson . " The Dominie answered with something between an acquiescent grunt and an indignant groan . " You never come down to see your old acquaintance on the Ellangowan property , Mr. Sampson - You would find most of the old stagers ...
... Sampson . " The Dominie answered with something between an acquiescent grunt and an indignant groan . " You never come down to see your old acquaintance on the Ellangowan property , Mr. Sampson - You would find most of the old stagers ...
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... Sampson - he and I witnessed the deed . And she had full power at that time to make such a settlement , for she was in fee of the estate of Singleside even then , although VOL . IV . 5 it was life - rented by an elder sister . GUY ...
... Sampson - he and I witnessed the deed . And she had full power at that time to make such a settlement , for she was in fee of the estate of Singleside even then , although VOL . IV . 5 it was life - rented by an elder sister . GUY ...
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... Sampson shall go with me - he is witness to this settlement . But I shall want a legal adviser . " " The gentleman that was lately sheriff of this county is high in reputation as a barrister ; I will give you a card of introduction to ...
... Sampson shall go with me - he is witness to this settlement . But I shall want a legal adviser . " " The gentleman that was lately sheriff of this county is high in reputation as a barrister ; I will give you a card of introduction to ...
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... Sampson for his companion , lost no time in his journey to Edinburgh . They travelled in the Colonel's post - chariot , who knowing his companion's habits of abstraction , did not choose to lose him out of his own sight , far less to ...
... Sampson for his companion , lost no time in his journey to Edinburgh . They travelled in the Colonel's post - chariot , who knowing his companion's habits of abstraction , did not choose to lose him out of his own sight , far less to ...
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Allonby answered Bertram appearance arms auld Aweel Baronet better called canna Captain carriage Charles Hazlewood Colonel Mannering counsellor Dandie dear Derncleugh deyvil Dinmont dinna Dirk Hatteraick Dominie door Ellangowan eneugh eyes father favour feelings fellow frae gentleman gipsy Glossin GUY MANNERING hand Harry Bertram Hazle Hazlewood-House hear heard honest honour horse interest Jabos Jock Julia justice Kippletringan lady lawyer Liddesdale look Lucy Bertram Mac-Candlish Mac-Guffog Mac-Morlan mair Mannering's maun Merrilies Middleburgh mind Miss Bertram Miss Mannering morning muckle murder naething never night occasion ower person Pleydell Portanferry prisoner recollection replied respect Sampson Scotland Singleside Sir Robert Hazlewood smugglers speak stood stranger suppose tell teraick there's thought tion took turned Vanbeest Brown voice weel window woman wood Woodbourne ye'll young Hazlewood younker
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Page 215 - Wi' coulters, and wi' forehammers, We garr'd the bars bang merrilie, Until we came to the inner prison, Where Willie o' Kinmont he did lie. And when we cam to the lower prison, Where Willie o...
Page 200 - Bring me to the test, And I the matter will re-word, which madness Would gambol from. Mother, for love of grace, Lay not that flattering unction to your soul, That not your trespass, but my madness speaks.