Guy ManneringJ.M. Dent and Sons, 1912 - 427 pages |
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Page 38
... sort of curiosity to know whether he yet remembered , and could practise , the imaginary science . He accordingly erected his scheme , or figure of heaven , divided into its twelve houses , placed the planets therein according to the ...
... sort of curiosity to know whether he yet remembered , and could practise , the imaginary science . He accordingly erected his scheme , or figure of heaven , divided into its twelve houses , placed the planets therein according to the ...
Page 44
... sort of a person . " Mannering replied , " And you , sir , I presume , are the master of that vessel in the bay ? " 66 Ay , ay , sir ; I am Captain Dirk Hatteraick , of the Yungfrauw Hagenslaapen , well known on this coast ; I am not ...
... sort of a person . " Mannering replied , " And you , sir , I presume , are the master of that vessel in the bay ? " 66 Ay , ay , sir ; I am Captain Dirk Hatteraick , of the Yungfrauw Hagenslaapen , well known on this coast ; I am not ...
Page 45
... sort of occasion for anything of the kind at present . " " Why , then , good morning to you , for business must be minded - unless ye'll go aboard and take schnaps1 - you shall have a pouch - full of tea ashore . - Dirk Hatteraick knows ...
... sort of occasion for anything of the kind at present . " " Why , then , good morning to you , for business must be minded - unless ye'll go aboard and take schnaps1 - you shall have a pouch - full of tea ashore . - Dirk Hatteraick knows ...
Page 46
... sort of blackguard fellow eneugh— naebody cares to trouble him - smuggler , when his guns are in ballast - privateer , or pirate faith , when he gets them mounted . He has done more mischief to the revenue folk than ony rogue that ever ...
... sort of blackguard fellow eneugh— naebody cares to trouble him - smuggler , when his guns are in ballast - privateer , or pirate faith , when he gets them mounted . He has done more mischief to the revenue folk than ony rogue that ever ...
Page 55
... sort o ' help to puir folk than just dinging down a saxpence in the brod on the Sabbath , and kilting , and scourging , and drumming them a ' the sax days o ' the week besides . " Such was the gossip over the good twopenny in every ...
... sort o ' help to puir folk than just dinging down a saxpence in the brod on the Sabbath , and kilting , and scourging , and drumming them a ' the sax days o ' the week besides . " Such was the gossip over the good twopenny in every ...
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