Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 1James Ballantyne and Company For Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; and Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh., 1815 - 358 pages |
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... road , however , was to- lerably well - made and safe , so that the pro- spect of being benighted brought with it no real danger . Still it is uncomfortable to travel , alone and in the dark , through an unknown country , and there are ...
... road , however , was to- lerably well - made and safe , so that the pro- spect of being benighted brought with it no real danger . Still it is uncomfortable to travel , alone and in the dark , through an unknown country , and there are ...
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... road for foot passen- gers . " The poor hack upon which Manner- ing was mounted was probably of opinion that it suited him as ill as the female re- spondent ; he began to flag very much , an- swered each application of the spur with a ...
... road for foot passen- gers . " The poor hack upon which Manner- ing was mounted was probably of opinion that it suited him as ill as the female re- spondent ; he began to flag very much , an- swered each application of the spur with a ...
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... road divided into two . If there had been light to consult the reliques of a finger - post which stood there , it would have been of little avail , as , according to the good cus- tom of North - Britain , the inscription had been ...
... road divided into two . If there had been light to consult the reliques of a finger - post which stood there , it would have been of little avail , as , according to the good cus- tom of North - Britain , the inscription had been ...
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... roads ing that country lay along the sea - beach , and were liable to be flooded by the tides , which rise with great height ... road . Mannering resolved , therefore , definitive- ly , to halt for the night at the first S GUY MANNERING .
... roads ing that country lay along the sea - beach , and were liable to be flooded by the tides , which rise with great height ... road . Mannering resolved , therefore , definitive- ly , to halt for the night at the first S GUY MANNERING .
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... road all night ? " * " Troth , I ken na , unless ye like to gae down andspeer for quarters at the Place . I'se warrant they'll take ye in , whether ye be gentle or semple . " " Simple enough , to be wandering here at such a time of ...
... road all night ? " * " Troth , I ken na , unless ye like to gae down andspeer for quarters at the Place . I'se warrant they'll take ye in , whether ye be gentle or semple . " " Simple enough , to be wandering here at such a time of ...
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ancient answered appearance Arthur Mervyn ASTROLOGER auld bairn Brown called castle Charles Hazlewood circumstances Colonel Mannering commanded daugh daughter Deacon dear Derncleugh Dirk Hatteraick Dominie Sampson door Dunbog Ellan eyes father fear feelings flageolet frae Frank Kennedy gentleman Glossin Godfrey Bertram GUY MANNERING gypsies Harry Bertram Hazlewood head heard honour hope horse hour judicial astrology Julia Kippletringan Laird of Ellangowan land landlady look lugger Mac-Candlish Mac-Morlan Mannering's Matilda maun ment Merrilies Mervyn Miss Bertram Miss Lucy Miss Mannering Morlan nering never night occasion parlour person Point of Warroch poor precentor puir racter reader ride round ruins scene Scotland seemed servant sloop sloop of war stranger supposed sure tell ther there's thing thought tion told turned vessel weel window wish wood Woodbourne ye'll young lady young Laird