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Page 43
... Captain , " answered Meg ; and in a moment or two the impatient commander whom she addressed made his appearance from the broken part of the ruins . He was apparently a seafaring man , rather under the middle size , and with a ...
... Captain , " answered Meg ; and in a moment or two the impatient commander whom she addressed made his appearance from the broken part of the ruins . He was apparently a seafaring man , rather under the middle size , and with a ...
Page 44
... Captain , for such he styled himself , made a sudden and startled pause , and thrust his right hand into his bosom , between his jacket and waistcoat , as if to draw some weapon . " What cheer , brother ? you seem on the outlook- eh ...
... Captain , for such he styled himself , made a sudden and startled pause , and thrust his right hand into his bosom , between his jacket and waistcoat , as if to draw some weapon . " What cheer , brother ? you seem on the outlook- eh ...
Page 45
... captain embarked in a small boat with two men who appeared to wait for him , and the gipsy remained on the shore , reciting or singing , and gesticu- lating with great vehemence . * A dram of liquor . CHAPTER V. You have fed upon my ...
... captain embarked in a small boat with two men who appeared to wait for him , and the gipsy remained on the shore , reciting or singing , and gesticu- lating with great vehemence . * A dram of liquor . CHAPTER V. You have fed upon my ...
Page 46
... captain on board his vessel had accomplished that task , the sails began to ascend , and the ship was got under way . She fired three guns as a salute to the house of Ellangowan , and then shot away rapidly before the wind , which blew ...
... captain on board his vessel had accomplished that task , the sails began to ascend , and the ship was got under way . She fired three guns as a salute to the house of Ellangowan , and then shot away rapidly before the wind , which blew ...
Page 47
... Captain Hatteraick's trade , was pronounced excellent . Still Mannering hinted , though with due delicacy , at the risk of encouraging such desperate characters : " Were it but in justice to the revenue , I should have supposed ...
... Captain Hatteraick's trade , was pronounced excellent . Still Mannering hinted , though with due delicacy , at the risk of encouraging such desperate characters : " Were it but in justice to the revenue , I should have supposed ...
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Allonby answered appearance Astrologer auld Aweel bairn better called Captain castle character Charles Hazlewood Charlies-hope 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 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 recollection replied round ruin scene Scotland seemed Singleside Sir Robert Hazlewood smugglers stranger suppose tell there's thing thought tion turned Vanbeest Brown voice Warroch weel window woman wood Woodbourne young Hazlewood young lady younker