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Page 7
... father , were set before him in the darkest colours ; and he was treated as one who , having sinned against light , was , therefore , deservedly left a prey to the Prince of Darkness . As the fated and influential hour rolled on , the ...
... father , were set before him in the darkest colours ; and he was treated as one who , having sinned against light , was , therefore , deservedly left a prey to the Prince of Darkness . As the fated and influential hour rolled on , the ...
Page 11
... father remembered old Jean Gordon of Yetholm , who had great sway among her tribe . She was quite a Meg Merrilies , and possessed the savage virtue of fidelity in the same perfection . Having been often hospitably received at the farm ...
... father remembered old Jean Gordon of Yetholm , who had great sway among her tribe . She was quite a Meg Merrilies , and possessed the savage virtue of fidelity in the same perfection . Having been often hospitably received at the farm ...
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... father a visit for her awmous , when I was a little boy , and I looked upon Madge with no common degree of awe and terror . When she spoke vehemently , ( for she made loud com- plaints , ) she used to strike her staff upon the floor ...
... father a visit for her awmous , when I was a little boy , and I looked upon Madge with no common degree of awe and terror . When she spoke vehemently , ( for she made loud com- plaints , ) she used to strike her staff upon the floor ...
Page 25
... father's speculations was soon seen . De- prived of Laird Lewis's personal and active superintendence , all his undertakings miscarried , and became either abortive or pe- rilous . Without a single spark of energy to meet or repel these ...
... father's speculations was soon seen . De- prived of Laird Lewis's personal and active superintendence , all his undertakings miscarried , and became either abortive or pe- rilous . Without a single spark of energy to meet or repel these ...
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... then as an excuse for pressing an extra bottle of good wine . " I cannot weel sleep , " said the Laird , with the anxious feelings of a father in such a predicament , " till I hear she's gotten ower - - with it — and if you , Sir 29.
... then as an excuse for pressing an extra bottle of good wine . " I cannot weel sleep , " said the Laird , with the anxious feelings of a father in such a predicament , " till I hear she's gotten ower - - with it — and if you , Sir 29.
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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