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Page 83
... fifteen or twenty men could not have lain hidden upon the coast , when so close a search took place immediately after the destruction of their vessel ; or , at least , that if 6 * 83 slings, and that the vessel was disabled. It ...
... fifteen or twenty men could not have lain hidden upon the coast , when so close a search took place immediately after the destruction of their vessel ; or , at least , that if 6 * 83 slings, and that the vessel was disabled. It ...
Page 148
... the antique and venerable attributes so happily described by a modern poet : That weight of wood , with leathern coat o'erlaid , Those ample clasps of solid metal made , The close - press'd leaves unoped for many an age 148.
... the antique and venerable attributes so happily described by a modern poet : That weight of wood , with leathern coat o'erlaid , Those ample clasps of solid metal made , The close - press'd leaves unoped for many an age 148.
Page 149
Sir Walter Scott. The close - press'd leaves unoped for many an age , The dull red edging of the well - fill'd page , On the broad back the stubborn ridges roll'd , Where yet the title stands in tarnish'd gold . Books of theology and ...
Sir Walter Scott. The close - press'd leaves unoped for many an age , The dull red edging of the well - fill'd page , On the broad back the stubborn ridges roll'd , Where yet the title stands in tarnish'd gold . Books of theology and ...
Page 152
... close as I had been at sizes I had guess , Mr. Dawson ' ( I told you that was my feigned name , ) - ' But I tould him nought of your vagaries , going out a - laking in the mere a - noights - not I- an I can make no sport I'se spoil none ...
... close as I had been at sizes I had guess , Mr. Dawson ' ( I told you that was my feigned name , ) - ' But I tould him nought of your vagaries , going out a - laking in the mere a - noights - not I- an I can make no sport I'se spoil none ...
Page 153
... close upon me , because I am aware a girl in Julia's situation has no distinct and precise idea of the value of the sacrifice she makes . She knows difficulties only by name ; and , if she thinks of love and a farm , it is a ferme ornée ...
... close upon me , because I am aware a girl in Julia's situation has no distinct and precise idea of the value of the sacrifice she makes . She knows difficulties only by name ; and , if she thinks of love and a farm , it is a ferme ornée ...
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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