Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 3James 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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... a cargo ta'en - vera weel , that was their luck ; - there another carried clean through , that was mine - na , na ! hawks should na pike out hawks ' e'en . " " And this Colonel Mannering ? " " Troth , GUY MANNERING . 5.
... a cargo ta'en - vera weel , that was their luck ; - there another carried clean through , that was mine - na , na ! hawks should na pike out hawks ' e'en . " " And this Colonel Mannering ? " " Troth , GUY MANNERING . 5.
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Walter Scott. " And this Colonel Mannering ? " " Troth , he's nae wise man neither to interfere - no that I blame him for saving the gaugers ' lives - that was very right ; but it was na like a gentleman to be fight- ing about the poor ...
Walter Scott. " And this Colonel Mannering ? " " Troth , he's nae wise man neither to interfere - no that I blame him for saving the gaugers ' lives - that was very right ; but it was na like a gentleman to be fight- ing about the poor ...
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... Colonel . From the first he request- ed a supply of money ; he conjured Dela- serre , if possible , to join him in Scotland ; and from the Lieutenant - Colonel he re- quired such testimony of his rank and con- duct in the regiment , as ...
... Colonel . From the first he request- ed a supply of money ; he conjured Dela- serre , if possible , to join him in Scotland ; and from the Lieutenant - Colonel he re- quired such testimony of his rank and con- duct in the regiment , as ...
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... Colonel is presently at Not- tingham , the Major , with the officers of my corps , at Kingston - upon - Thames ; I offer before you both to submit to any degree of ignominy , if , within the return of the Kingston and Nottingham posts ...
... Colonel is presently at Not- tingham , the Major , with the officers of my corps , at Kingston - upon - Thames ; I offer before you both to submit to any degree of ignominy , if , within the return of the Kingston and Nottingham posts ...
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... Colonel Guy Mannering , late of the regiment , in which , as I told you , I have a troop . " .. " Colonel Guy Mannering ! " thought Glossin , " who the devil could have guess- ed GUY MANNERING . 71.
... Colonel Guy Mannering , late of the regiment , in which , as I told you , I have a troop . " .. " Colonel Guy Mannering ! " thought Glossin , " who the devil could have guess- ed GUY MANNERING . 71.
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