Guy Mannering Or The AstrologerA. and C. Black, 1862 - 313 pages |
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Page 14
... smuggling lugger from the Isle of Man , which was lying in the bay . On the light from the sashed door of the house being observed , a halloo from the vessel , of " Ware hawk ! Douse the glim ! " alarmed those who were on shore , and ...
... smuggling lugger from the Isle of Man , which was lying in the bay . On the light from the sashed door of the house being observed , a halloo from the vessel , of " Ware hawk ! Douse the glim ! " alarmed those who were on shore , and ...
Page 22
... smuggler , when his guns are in ballast - priva- teer , or pirate , faith , when he gets them mounted . He has done more mischief to the revenue folk than ony rogue that ever came out of Ramsay . " " But , my good sir , such being his ...
... smuggler , when his guns are in ballast - priva- teer , or pirate , faith , when he gets them mounted . He has done more mischief to the revenue folk than ony rogue that ever came out of Ramsay . " " But , my good sir , such being his ...
Page 24
... smugglers , having no re- ligion , make it all up in superstition ; and they have as many spells , and charms , and nonsense 66 Vanity and waur ! " said the Dominie ; " it is a trafficking with the Evil One . Spells , periapts , and ...
... smugglers , having no re- ligion , make it all up in superstition ; and they have as many spells , and charms , and nonsense 66 Vanity and waur ! " said the Dominie ; " it is a trafficking with the Evil One . Spells , periapts , and ...
Page 37
... Smuggling , for which the Isle of Man then afforded peculiar facilities , was general , or rather universal , all along the south - western coast of Scotland . Almost all the com- mon people were engaged in these practices ; the gentry ...
... Smuggling , for which the Isle of Man then afforded peculiar facilities , was general , or rather universal , all along the south - western coast of Scotland . Almost all the com- mon people were engaged in these practices ; the gentry ...
Page 40
... smuggler , but the majority insisting that her capture was inevitable , if she had not already gone to the bottom . " It is near our dinner - time , my dear , " said Mrs Bertram to her husband , " will it be lang before Mr Kennedy comes ...
... smuggler , but the majority insisting that her capture was inevitable , if she had not already gone to the bottom . " It is near our dinner - time , my dear , " said Mrs Bertram to her husband , " will it be lang before Mr Kennedy comes ...
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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