Guy Mannering; Or, The Astrologer |
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Page 48
... weel whom I am obliged to Sir Thomas Kittlecourt as good as tell'd me he would sit in my skirts , if he had not my interest at the last election ; and because I chose to go with my own blood and third cousin , the Laird of Balruddery ...
... weel whom I am obliged to Sir Thomas Kittlecourt as good as tell'd me he would sit in my skirts , if he had not my interest at the last election ; and because I chose to go with my own blood and third cousin , the Laird of Balruddery ...
Page 89
... weel in the warld as they have been ; but we ' re a ' subject to ups and downs in this life , as your honour must needs ken but is not the tobacco - reek disagreeable to your honour ? " " By no means , Ma'am ; I am an old campaigner ...
... weel in the warld as they have been ; but we ' re a ' subject to ups and downs in this life , as your honour must needs ken but is not the tobacco - reek disagreeable to your honour ? " " By no means , Ma'am ; I am an old campaigner ...
Page 90
... Weel , but they can come at no rate , I tell ye — Mr. Bertram canna be moved . " " What Mr. Bertram ? " said the stranger ; " not Mr. Bertram of Ellangowan , I hope ? ” " Just e'en that same , Sir ; and if ye be a friend o ' his , ye ...
... Weel , but they can come at no rate , I tell ye — Mr. Bertram canna be moved . " " What Mr. Bertram ? " said the stranger ; " not Mr. Bertram of Ellangowan , I hope ? ” " Just e'en that same , Sir ; and if ye be a friend o ' his , ye ...
Page 91
... weel , in revenge for Ellangowan having gar'd her be drumm'd through Kipple- tringan for stealing a silver spoon . " " If ye ' ll forgie me , Deacon , " said the precentor , " ye ' re e'en as far wrang as the gudewife . " " And what is ...
... weel , in revenge for Ellangowan having gar'd her be drumm'd through Kipple- tringan for stealing a silver spoon . " " If ye ' ll forgie me , Deacon , " said the precentor , " ye ' re e'en as far wrang as the gudewife . " " And what is ...
Page 92
... Weel , he was admitted ; and when the lady was delivered , he craved to know the very moment of the hour of the birth , and he went out and consulted the stars . And when he came back , he tell'd the Laird , that the Evil One wad have ...
... Weel , he was admitted ; and when the lady was delivered , he craved to know the very moment of the hour of the birth , and he went out and consulted the stars . And when he came back , he tell'd the Laird , that the Evil One wad have ...
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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