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Page 58
... these strollers were a vindictive race , and were restrained by no check , either of fear or conscience , from taking desperate vengeance upon those who had offended them . These tribes were , in short , the Parias of Scotland 58.
... these strollers were a vindictive race , and were restrained by no check , either of fear or conscience , from taking desperate vengeance upon those who had offended them . These tribes were , in short , the Parias of Scotland 58.
Page 59
Sir Walter Scott. tribes were , in short , the Parias of Scotland , living like wild Indians among European settlers , and , like them , judged of rather by their own customs , habits , and opinions , than as if they had been members of ...
Sir Walter Scott. tribes were , in short , the Parias of Scotland , living like wild Indians among European settlers , and , like them , judged of rather by their own customs , habits , and opinions , than as if they had been members of ...
Page 60
... scramble into the plantations to ga- ther birds ' nests , the seniors of the village to make a short cut from one point to another , and the lads and lasses for evening rendezvous — all without offence taken , or leave asked 60.
... scramble into the plantations to ga- ther birds ' nests , the seniors of the village to make a short cut from one point to another , and the lads and lasses for evening rendezvous — all without offence taken , or leave asked 60.
Page 70
... short , you don't understand Latin , but it means that a term - day is not be- gun till it's ended . " " That sounds like nonsense , my dear . " --- " May be so , my dear ; but it may be very good law for all that . I am sure , speaking ...
... short , you don't understand Latin , but it means that a term - day is not be- gun till it's ended . " " That sounds like nonsense , my dear . " --- " May be so , my dear ; but it may be very good law for all that . I am sure , speaking ...
Page 79
... short hanger , but none such was found upon the dead body ; nor could those who had seen him on the morning of the fatal day , take it upon them to assert whether he then carried that weapon or not . The corpse afforded no other indicia ...
... short hanger , but none such was found upon the dead body ; nor could those who had seen him on the morning of the fatal day , take it upon them to assert whether he then carried that weapon or not . The corpse afforded no other indicia ...
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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