Guy ManneringAy, ay, said the Laird, who had sought Mannering for some time, and now joined him, there they go--there go the free-traders--there go Captain Dirk Hatteraick, and the Yungfrauw Hagenslaapen, half Manks, half Dutchman, half devil run out the bowsprit, up mainsail, top and top-gallant sails, royals, and sky-scrapers, and away, --follow who can That fellow, Mr. Mannering, is the terror of all the excise and custom-house cruisers; they can make nothing of him; he drubs them, or he distances them |
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Page xxvii
... European descent . The individual gipsy upon whom the character of Meg Merrilies was founded , was well known about the middle of the last century , by the name of Jean Gordon , an inhabitant of the village of xxvii INTRODUCTION.
... European descent . The individual gipsy upon whom the character of Meg Merrilies was founded , was well known about the middle of the last century , by the name of Jean Gordon , an inhabitant of the village of xxvii INTRODUCTION.
Page xxix
... gipsy's offer of supper and a bed . There was plenty of meat in the barn , however it might be come by , and preparations were going on for a plentiful repast , which the farmer , to the great increase of his anxiety , observed , was ...
... gipsy's offer of supper and a bed . There was plenty of meat in the barn , however it might be come by , and preparations were going on for a plentiful repast , which the farmer , to the great increase of his anxiety , observed , was ...
Page xxx
... gipsy regulations , which commanded them to respect , in their depredations , the property of their benefactors . The end of all this was , an inquiry what money the farmer had about him ; and an urgent request , or command , that he ...
... gipsy regulations , which commanded them to respect , in their depredations , the property of their benefactors . The end of all this was , an inquiry what money the farmer had about him ; and an urgent request , or command , that he ...
Page xxxv
... gipsy bonnet of straw— a short cloak of a peculiar fashion , and a long staff nearly as tall as herself . I remember her well ; — every week she paid my father a visit for her awmous , when I was a little boy , and I looked upon Madge ...
... gipsy bonnet of straw— a short cloak of a peculiar fashion , and a long staff nearly as tall as herself . I remember her well ; — every week she paid my father a visit for her awmous , when I was a little boy , and I looked upon Madge ...
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Contents
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Section 2 | 9 |
Section 3 | 20 |
Section 4 | 32 |
Section 5 | 45 |
Section 6 | 53 |
Section 7 | 61 |
Section 8 | 70 |
Section 15 | 167 |
Section 16 | 176 |
Section 17 | 196 |
Section 18 | 204 |
Section 19 | 215 |
Section 20 | 225 |
Section 21 | 237 |
Section 22 | 244 |
Section 9 | 80 |
Section 10 | 107 |
Section 11 | 121 |
Section 12 | 142 |
Section 13 | 150 |
Section 14 | 159 |
Section 23 | 252 |
Section 24 | 264 |
Section 25 | 275 |
Section 26 | 289 |
Section 27 | 290 |
Section 28 | 305 |
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