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Page 197
... Pleydell's , the advocate , for whom he had a letter of intro- duction 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 . ' he ...
... Pleydell's , the advocate , for whom he had a letter of intro- duction 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 . ' he ...
Page 198
... Pleydell , Esq . otherwise a good scholar , an excellent lawyer , and a worthy man . Under the guidance of his trusty attendant , Colonel Mannering , after threading a dark lane or two , reached the High - street , then clanging with ...
... Pleydell , Esq . otherwise a good scholar , an excellent lawyer , and a worthy man . Under the guidance of his trusty attendant , Colonel Mannering , after threading a dark lane or two , reached the High - street , then clanging with ...
Page 199
... Pleydell's ne'er in the house on Saturday at e'en , ” an- swered the female voice . " And the morn's Sabbath too , " said the querist ; what will be done . " " I dinna ken By this time Mannering appeared , and found a tall strong coun ...
... Pleydell's ne'er in the house on Saturday at e'en , ” an- swered the female voice . " And the morn's Sabbath too , " said the querist ; what will be done . " " I dinna ken By this time Mannering appeared , and found a tall strong coun ...
Page 200
... Pleydell was a lively , sharp - looking gentleman , with a professional 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 professional 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 201
... Pleydell , such as we have described him , was enthroned , as a monarch , in an elbow - chair , placed on the dining- table , his scratch wig on one side , his head crowned with a bottle . slider , his eye leering with an expression ...
... Pleydell , such as we have described him , was enthroned , as a monarch , in an elbow - chair , placed on the dining- table , his scratch wig on one side , his head crowned with a bottle . slider , his eye leering with an expression ...
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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 e'en Ellangowan eyes father favour fear feelings fellow frae Frank Kennedy gentleman gipsy Glossin gude Guy Mannering hand Hazlewood-house head heard honour hope horse Jean Gordon Julia justice 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 prisoner recollection replied round ruin scene Scotland seemed Sir Robert Hazlewood smugglers stranger suppose tell there's thing thought tram turned voice Warroch weel window woman wood Woodbourne ye'll young Hazlewood young lady younker