Guy ManneringJ.M. Dent and Sons, 1912 - 427 pages |
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Page 42
... gipsy he had seen on the preceding evening . He soon found an aperture , through which he could observe her without being himself visible ; and could not help feeling , that her figure , her employment , and her situation , conveyed the ...
... gipsy he had seen on the preceding evening . He soon found an aperture , through which he could observe her without being himself visible ; and could not help feeling , that her figure , her employment , and her situation , conveyed the ...
Page 43
... Gipsy - hag - tousand deyvils ! " " I am coming , I am coming , Captain , " answered Meg ; and in a moment or two the impatient commander whom she addressed made his appearance from the broken part of the ruins . He was apparently a ...
... Gipsy - hag - tousand deyvils ! " " I am coming , I am coming , Captain , " answered Meg ; and in a moment or two the impatient commander whom she addressed made his appearance from the broken part of the ruins . He was apparently a ...
Page 44
... gipsy emerged from her vault and joined the stranger . He ques- tioned her in an undertone , looking at Mannering- " A shark alongside ; eh ? " She answered in the same tone of under - dialogue , using the cant language of her tribe ...
... gipsy emerged from her vault and joined the stranger . He ques- tioned her in an undertone , looking at Mannering- " A shark alongside ; eh ? " She answered in the same tone of under - dialogue , using the cant language of her tribe ...
Page 45
... gipsy to that part of the ruins from which he had first made his appearance . narrow staircase here went down to the beach , intended probably for the convenience of the garrison during a siege . By this stair , the couple , equally ...
... gipsy to that part of the ruins from which he had first made his appearance . narrow staircase here went down to the beach , intended probably for the convenience of the garrison during a siege . By this stair , the couple , equally ...
Page 49
... gipsy woman . " Oh , to bless his ship , I suppose . You must know , Mr. Mannering , that these free - traders , whom the law calls smugglers , having no religion , make it all up in superstition ; and they have as many spells , and ...
... gipsy woman . " Oh , to bless his ship , I suppose . You must know , Mr. Mannering , that these free - traders , whom the law calls smugglers , having no religion , make it all up in superstition ; and they have as many spells , and ...
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