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Page 27
... called , from his occupation as a pedagogue , Dominie Sampson . He was of low birth , but having evinced , even from his cradle , an uncom- mon seriousness of disposition , the poor parents were encouraged to hope that their bairn , as ...
... called , from his occupation as a pedagogue , Dominie Sampson . He was of low birth , but having evinced , even from his cradle , an uncom- mon seriousness of disposition , the poor parents were encouraged to hope that their bairn , as ...
Page 28
... called “ Sampson's Riddle , ” written upon the subject by a smart young student of humanity , to the sly hope of the Principal , that the fugitive had not , in imitation of his mighty namesake , taken the college gates along with him in ...
... called “ Sampson's Riddle , ” written upon the subject by a smart young student of humanity , to the sly hope of the Principal , that the fugitive had not , in imitation of his mighty namesake , taken the college gates along with him in ...
Page 31
... called a bongrace , heightening the singular effect of her strong and weather - beaten features , which they partly shadowed , while her eye had a wild roll that in- dicated something like real or affected insanity . " Aweel ...
... called a bongrace , heightening the singular effect of her strong and weather - beaten features , which they partly shadowed , while her eye had a wild roll that in- dicated something like real or affected insanity . " Aweel ...
Page 33
... called bites and bams , since denominated hoaxes and quizzes , had the fairest possible subject of wit in the unsuspecting Dominie . It is true , he never laughed , or joined in the laugh which his own simplicity afforded - nay , it is ...
... called bites and bams , since denominated hoaxes and quizzes , had the fairest possible subject of wit in the unsuspecting Dominie . It is true , he never laughed , or joined in the laugh which his own simplicity afforded - nay , it is ...
Page 59
... called for a dis- play of generosity ; and this mutual intercourse of good offices , which had been carried on for at least two centuries , rendered the inhabitants of Derncleugh a kind of privileged retainers upon the 59.
... called for a dis- play of generosity ; and this mutual intercourse of good offices , which had been carried on for at least two centuries , rendered the inhabitants of Derncleugh a kind of privileged retainers upon the 59.
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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