Guy Mannering Or The AstrologerA. and C. Black, 1862 - 313 pages |
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Page 173
... Pleydell's , the advocate , for whom he had a letter of introduc- tion from Mr Mac - Morlan . He then commanded Barnes to have an eye to the Dominie , and walked forth with a chairman , who was to usher him to the man of law . The ...
... Pleydell's , the advocate , for whom he had a letter of introduc- tion from Mr Mac - Morlan . He then commanded Barnes to have an eye to the Dominie , and walked forth with a chairman , who was to usher him to the man of law . The ...
Page 174
... Pleydell would ne'er hae forgi'en me ! " 66 66 Aweel , my doo , the cat's no a preen the waur - So he ' s no in , ye say ? " " Na , Mr Pleydell's ne'er in the house on Saturday at e'en , " answered the female voice . " And the morn's ...
... Pleydell would ne'er hae forgi'en me ! " 66 66 Aweel , my doo , the cat's no a preen the waur - So he ' s no in , ye say ? " " Na , Mr Pleydell's ne'er in the house on Saturday at e'en , " answered the female voice . " And the morn's ...
Page 176
... Pleydell was a lively , sharp - looking gentleman , with a profes- sional shrewdness in his eye , and , generally speaking , a professional formality in his manners . But this , like his three - tailed wig and black coat , he could slip ...
... Pleydell was a lively , sharp - looking gentleman , with a profes- sional shrewdness in his eye , and , generally speaking , a professional formality in his manners . But this , like his three - tailed wig and black coat , he could slip ...
Page 178
... Pleydell . " Na , sir , nae memorial , " answered Dandie ; " for your honour said before , Mr Pleydell , ye'll mind , that ye liked best to hear us hill - folk tell our ain tale by word o ' mouth . " " Beshrew my tongue , that said so ...
... Pleydell . " Na , sir , nae memorial , " answered Dandie ; " for your honour said before , Mr Pleydell , ye'll mind , that ye liked best to hear us hill - folk tell our ain tale by word o ' mouth . " " Beshrew my tongue , that said so ...
Page 179
... Pleydell . ' How many sheep will it feed ? " 66 Ou , no mony , " said Dandie , scratching his head , " it's lying high and exposed - it may feed a hog , or aiblins twa , in a good year . " And for this grazing , which may be worth about ...
... Pleydell . ' How many sheep will it feed ? " 66 Ou , no mony , " said Dandie , scratching his head , " it's lying high and exposed - it may feed a hog , or aiblins twa , in a good year . " And for this grazing , which may be worth about ...
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Allonby answered appearance Astrologer auld Aweel bairn better called Captain castle character Charles Hazlewood circumstances Colonel Mannering counsellor Dandie dear Derncleugh deyvil Dinmont Dirk Hatteraick Dominie Sampson door Ellangowan eyes father favour fear feelings fellow frae Frank Kennedy gentleman gipsy Glossin gude Guy Mannering hand Hazle Hazlewood-house head heard honour horse Julia justice justice of peace Kennedy Kippletringan Laird Liddesdale light look Lucy Bertram lugger Mac-Candlish Mac-Guffog Mac-Morlan mair Mannering's Matilda maun Merrilies mind Miss Bertram Miss Mannering morning muckle never night observed occasion ower person Pleydell poor Portanferry postilion prisoner racter recollection replied round ruin scene Scotland seemed shew Singleside smugglers stranger suppose tell there's thing thought tion turned Vanbeest Brown voice Warroch weel window woman wood Woodbourne ye'll young Hazlewood young lady younker