Guy ManneringOxford University Press, 1912 - 549 страници |
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... Captain , ' answered Meg ; and in a moment or two the impatient commander whom she addressed made his appearance from the broken part of the ruins . He was apparently a seafaring man , rather under the middle . size , and with a ...
... Captain , ' answered Meg ; and in a moment or two the impatient commander whom she addressed made his appearance from the broken part of the ruins . He was apparently a seafaring man , rather under the middle . size , and with a ...
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... Captain Dirk Hatteraick , of the " Yungfrauw Hagenslaapen , " well known on this coast ; I am not ashamed of my name , nor of my vessel no , nor of my cargo neither for that matter . ' ' I daresay you have no reason , sir . ' ' Tausend ...
... Captain Dirk Hatteraick , of the " Yungfrauw Hagenslaapen , " well known on this coast ; I am not ashamed of my name , nor of my vessel no , nor of my cargo neither for that matter . ' ' I daresay you have no reason , sir . ' ' Tausend ...
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... captain embarked in a small boat with two men , who appeared to wait for him , and the gipsy remained on the shore , reciting or sing- ing , and gesticulating with great vehemence . W CHAPTER V You have fed upon my seignories , 28 GUY ...
... captain embarked in a small boat with two men , who appeared to wait for him , and the gipsy remained on the shore , reciting or sing- ing , and gesticulating with great vehemence . W CHAPTER V You have fed upon my seignories , 28 GUY ...
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... captain on board his vessel had accomplished that task , the sails began to ascend , and the ship was got under way . She fired three guns as a salute to the house of Ellan- gowan , and then shot away rapidly before the wind , which ...
... captain on board his vessel had accomplished that task , the sails began to ascend , and the ship was got under way . She fired three guns as a salute to the house of Ellan- gowan , and then shot away rapidly before the wind , which ...
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... Captain Hatteraick's trade , was pronounced excellent . Still Mannering hinted , though with due delicacy , at the risk of encouraging such desperate characters . Were it but in justice to the revenue , I should have supposed 6 ' Ah ...
... Captain Hatteraick's trade , was pronounced excellent . Still Mannering hinted , though with due delicacy , at the risk of encouraging such desperate characters . Were it but in justice to the revenue , I should have supposed 6 ' Ah ...
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Страница 246 - ... the ancient and now forgotten pastime of High Jinks* This game was played in several different ways. Most frequently the dice were thrown by the company, and those upon whom the lot fell were obliged to assume and maintain for a time, a certain fictitious character, or to repeat a certain number of fescennine verses in a particular order. If they departed from the characters assigned, or if their memory proved treacherous in the repetition, they incurred forfeits, which were either compounded...
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