Guy ManneringJ.M. Dent and Sons, 1912 - 427 pages |
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Page 34
... give him credit for being half serious . As for Meg , she fixed her bewildered eyes upon the astrologer , overpowered by a jargon more mysterious than her own . Mannering pressed his advantage , and ran over all the 34 Guy Mannering.
... give him credit for being half serious . As for Meg , she fixed her bewildered eyes upon the astrologer , overpowered by a jargon more mysterious than her own . Mannering pressed his advantage , and ran over all the 34 Guy Mannering.
Page 56
... give not bread , or some kind of provision to perhaps forty such villains in one day , are sure to be insulted by them ) , but they rob many poor people who live in houses distant from any neighbour hood . In years of plenty many ...
... give not bread , or some kind of provision to perhaps forty such villains in one day , are sure to be insulted by them ) , but they rob many poor people who live in houses distant from any neighbour hood . In years of plenty many ...
Page 57
... give occasional alarm and constant vexation . Some rude handicrafts were entirely resigned to these itinerants , particu- larly the art of trencher - making , of manufacturing horn - spoons , and the whole mystery of the tinker . To ...
... give occasional alarm and constant vexation . Some rude handicrafts were entirely resigned to these itinerants , particu- larly the art of trencher - making , of manufacturing horn - spoons , and the whole mystery of the tinker . To ...
Page 61
... give him a ride upon her jackass , and thrust into his pocket a piece of gingerbread or red - cheeked apple . This woman's ancient attachment to the family , repelled and checked in every other direction , seemed to rejoice in having ...
... give him a ride upon her jackass , and thrust into his pocket a piece of gingerbread or red - cheeked apple . This woman's ancient attachment to the family , repelled and checked in every other direction , seemed to rejoice in having ...
Page 71
... give more weight to her remonstrance , and then , in words which we will not do him the injustice to imitate , told how Mr. Francis Kennedy " had assumed spontaneously the charge of Master Harry , in despite of his remonstrances in the ...
... give more weight to her remonstrance , and then , in words which we will not do him the injustice to imitate , told how Mr. Francis Kennedy " had assumed spontaneously the charge of Master Harry , in despite of his remonstrances in the ...
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Allonby answered appearance Astrologer auld Aweel bairn better called Captain castle character Charles Hazlewood circumstances 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 hope horse Julia justice justice of peace Kennedy Kippletringan Laird land 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 never night observed occasion ower person Pleydell poor Portanferry postilion prisoner recollection replied round ruin scene Scotland seemed Singleside smugglers stranger suppose tell there's thought tion turned Vanbeest Brown voice Warroch weel window woman wood Woodbourne ye'll young Hazlewood young lady younker