Guy Mannering, Volume 2Ticknor and Fields, 1857 |
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... Woodbourne , conceiving , that as my father had served the king , he would not refuse to protect the servants of Government , when threatened to be murdered in the dis- charge of their duty . " My father , to whom , in his enthusiastic ...
... Woodbourne , conceiving , that as my father had served the king , he would not refuse to protect the servants of Government , when threatened to be murdered in the dis- charge of their duty . " My father , to whom , in his enthusiastic ...
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... Woodbourne destroyed ; that , with our good leave , he had usually been esteemed competent to taking mea- sures for the safety or protection of his family ; that if he remained quiet at home , he conceived the welcome the villains had ...
... Woodbourne destroyed ; that , with our good leave , he had usually been esteemed competent to taking mea- sures for the safety or protection of his family ; that if he remained quiet at home , he conceived the welcome the villains had ...
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... Woodbourne , where the gentlemen sometimes go to shoot wild - fowl . I happened at breakfast to say I should like to see this place in its present frozen state , occupied by skaters and curlers , as they call those who play a par ...
... Woodbourne , where the gentlemen sometimes go to shoot wild - fowl . I happened at breakfast to say I should like to see this place in its present frozen state , occupied by skaters and curlers , as they call those who play a par ...
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... Wood- bourne , in safety ; I trust his wound will prove in no respect dangerous , though he suffers much . But to Brown the consequences must be most disastrous . He is already the object of my father's resentment , and he has now ...
... Wood- bourne , in safety ; I trust his wound will prove in no respect dangerous , though he suffers much . But to Brown the consequences must be most disastrous . He is already the object of my father's resentment , and he has now ...
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... Woodbourne , and more particularly the individual who had wounded Charles Hazlewood . He promised high rewards , he suggested various schemes , and used his personal interest among his old acquaintances who favoured the trade , urging ...
... Woodbourne , and more particularly the individual who had wounded Charles Hazlewood . He promised high rewards , he suggested various schemes , and used his personal interest among his old acquaintances who favoured the trade , urging ...
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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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