Guy Mannering; Or, The Astrologer |
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Page 32
... bodies the shelter o ' a waste house , and the thristles by the road - side for a bit cuddy , and the bits o ' rotten birk to boil their drap parritch wi ' . Weel , there's ane abune a ' — but we ' ll see if the red cock craw not in his ...
... bodies the shelter o ' a waste house , and the thristles by the road - side for a bit cuddy , and the bits o ' rotten birk to boil their drap parritch wi ' . Weel , there's ane abune a ' — but we ' ll see if the red cock craw not in his ...
Page 35
... bodies . The schoolmaster , without farther answer , rose and threw open a door half sashed with glass , which led to an old - fashioned terrace - walk , behind the modern house , communicating with the platform on which the ruins of ...
... bodies . The schoolmaster , without farther answer , rose and threw open a door half sashed with glass , which led to an old - fashioned terrace - walk , behind the modern house , communicating with the platform on which the ruins of ...
Page 36
... bodies , was half inclined to believe in the influence ascribed to them by supersti- tion over human events . But Mannering was a youthful lover , and might perhaps be influenced by the feelings so exquisitely expressed by a modern poet ...
... bodies , was half inclined to believe in the influence ascribed to them by supersti- tion over human events . But Mannering was a youthful lover , and might perhaps be influenced by the feelings so exquisitely expressed by a modern poet ...
Page 37
... bodies , Guy Mannering returned to the house . The Laird met him in the parlour , and acquaint- ing him , with great glee , that the boy was a fine little healthy fellow , seemed rather disposed to press farther conviviality . He ...
... bodies , Guy Mannering returned to the house . The Laird met him in the parlour , and acquaint- ing him , with great glee , that the boy was a fine little healthy fellow , seemed rather disposed to press farther conviviality . He ...
Page 56
... body about , in honour of the twelve apostles like . They were fond to ca ' it papistrie ; but I think our great folk might take a lesson frae the papists whiles . They gie another sort o ' help to puir folk than just dinging down a ...
... body about , in honour of the twelve apostles like . They were fond to ca ' it papistrie ; but I think our great folk might take a lesson frae the papists whiles . They gie another sort o ' help to puir folk than just dinging down a ...
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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 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 naething never night observed occasion ower person Pleydell poor Portanferry postilion prisoner recollection replied round ruin scene Scotland seemed Singleside Sir Robert Hazlewood smugglers stranger supposed tell there's thing thought tion turned Vanbeest Brown voice Warroch weel window woman wood Woodbourne young Hazlewood young lady younker