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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... round upon the dreary re- gion , and seeing nothing but bleak fields , and naked trees , hills obscured by fogs , and flats covered with inundations , he did for some time suffer melancholy to prevail upon him , and wished himself again ...
... round upon the dreary re- gion , and seeing nothing but bleak fields , and naked trees , hills obscured by fogs , and flats covered with inundations , he did for some time suffer melancholy to prevail upon him , and wished himself again ...
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... round with a wisp of straw , when he had occasion to ride in a chill evening . Godfrey Bertram , of Ellangowan , suc ceeded to a long pedigree and a short rent - roll , like many lairds of that period . His list of forefathers ascended ...
... round with a wisp of straw , when he had occasion to ride in a chill evening . Godfrey Bertram , of Ellangowan , suc ceeded to a long pedigree and a short rent - roll , like many lairds of that period . His list of forefathers ascended ...
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... round towers , projecting , deeply and darkly , before a curtain , or flat wall , which united them , and thus protecting the main entrance that opened through a lofty arch into the inner court of the castle . The arms of the family ...
... round towers , projecting , deeply and darkly , before a curtain , or flat wall , which united them , and thus protecting the main entrance that opened through a lofty arch into the inner court of the castle . The arms of the family ...
Page 63
... round the ruins , he heard from the interior of an apart- ment on the left hand the voice of the gypsey he had seen on the preceding even- ing . He soon found an aperture , through which he could observe her without being himself ...
... round the ruins , he heard from the interior of an apart- ment on the left hand the voice of the gypsey he had seen on the preceding even- ing . He soon found an aperture , through which he could observe her without being himself ...
Page 65
... round between her fore finger and thumb . When she had measured it out , she muttered to herself " A hank , but not a haill ane - the full years o ' the three score and ten , but thrice broken , and thrice to oop , ( i . e . unite GUY ...
... round between her fore finger and thumb . When she had measured it out , she muttered to herself " A hank , but not a haill ane - the full years o ' the three score and ten , but thrice broken , and thrice to oop , ( i . e . unite GUY ...
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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