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Page 263
... Pleydell's , the advocate , for whom he had a letter of introduction 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 period ...
... Pleydell's , the advocate , for whom he had a letter of introduction 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 period ...
Page 264
... Pleydell would ne'er hae forgi'en me ! ” " Aweel , my doo , the cat's no a preen the waur no in , ye say ? ” - So he's " 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 ! ” " Aweel , my doo , the cat's no a preen the waur no in , ye say ? ” - So he's " Na , Mr. Pleydell's ne'er in the house on Saturday at e'en , ” answered the female voice . " And the morn ' s ...
Page 265
... Pleydell is not at home , my good girl ? " said Man- nering . 66 ' Ay , Sir , he's at hame , but he ' s no in the house ; he's aye out on Saturday at e'en . " " But , my good girl , I am a stranger , and my business ex- press - Will you ...
... Pleydell is not at home , my good girl ? " said Man- nering . 66 ' Ay , Sir , he's at hame , but he ' s no in the house ; he's aye out on Saturday at e'en . " " But , my good girl , I am a stranger , and my business ex- press - Will you ...
Page 266
... 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 267
... 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 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