Guy ManneringJ.M. Dent and Sons, 1912 - 427 pages |
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Page 8
... stranger , as she departed , a look of inexpressible anxiety and interest . The old man then conducted the youth to his study , and conversed with him upon the most important points of religion , to satisfy himself that he could render ...
... stranger , as she departed , a look of inexpressible anxiety and interest . The old man then conducted the youth to his study , and conversed with him upon the most important points of religion , to satisfy himself that he could render ...
Page 22
... stranger's arrival might be inconvenient ? " " Hout , na , ye needna be blate about that ; their house is muckle eneugh , and clecking time's aye canty time . " By this time Jock had found his way into all the intricacies of a tattered ...
... stranger's arrival might be inconvenient ? " " Hout , na , ye needna be blate about that ; their house is muckle eneugh , and clecking time's aye canty time . " By this time Jock had found his way into all the intricacies of a tattered ...
Page 23
... stranger was made sensible of by means of more organs than one . His guide then dragged the weary hack along a broken and stony cart- track , next over a ploughed field , then broke down a slap , as he called it , in a dry - stone fence ...
... stranger was made sensible of by means of more organs than one . His guide then dragged the weary hack along a broken and stony cart- track , next over a ploughed field , then broke down a slap , as he called it , in a dry - stone fence ...
Page 44
... 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- " Cut ben whids , and stow them— a gentry cove ...
... 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- " Cut ben whids , and stow them— a gentry cove ...
Page 50
... stranger , were expatiated upon . His horse , bridle , saddle , and stirrups , did not remain unnoticed . All this made a great impression upon the mind of Mrs. Bertram , for the good lady had no small store of superstition . Her Her ...
... stranger , were expatiated upon . His horse , bridle , saddle , and stirrups , did not remain unnoticed . All this made a great impression upon the mind of Mrs. Bertram , for the good lady had no small store of superstition . Her Her ...
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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