Guy Mannering; Or, The Astrologer |
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Page viii
... interest , or in the effective use of what were very interesting materials , is to be found in a strange , true narrative , that of the ill - starred life of James Annesley , a story which a romancer might have invented . It was ...
... interest , or in the effective use of what were very interesting materials , is to be found in a strange , true narrative , that of the ill - starred life of James Annesley , a story which a romancer might have invented . It was ...
Page ix
... interest in the estates of the Earl of Anglesey , to whom he was heir - at - law . In this scheme he was joined by his brother , Captain Annesley , and they jointly succeeded in procuring several small sums of money . But as James ...
... interest in the estates of the Earl of Anglesey , to whom he was heir - at - law . In this scheme he was joined by his brother , Captain Annesley , and they jointly succeeded in procuring several small sums of money . But as James ...
Page xi
... interest , which might indeed furnish , with the aid of Juggy Landy , and the negro episodes and the rest , a story that Defoe might have realised in an entirely different mode . " Guy Mannering " was , upon Scott's own testimony ...
... interest , which might indeed furnish , with the aid of Juggy Landy , and the negro episodes and the rest , a story that Defoe might have realised in an entirely different mode . " Guy Mannering " was , upon Scott's own testimony ...
Page 4
... interest . " The Laird bowed in respect and gratitude , and the stranger was accommodated with an apartment which commanded an ample view of the astral regions . The guest spent a part of the night in ascertaining the position of the ...
... interest . " The Laird bowed in respect and gratitude , and the stranger was accommodated with an apartment which commanded an ample view of the astral regions . The guest spent a part of the night in ascertaining the position of the ...
Page 7
... interest , and he enjoyed the amusement of travelling , more than he himself thought would have been possible . Thus he did not reach the place of his destination till noon , on the day preceding his birth- day . It seemed as if he had ...
... interest , and he enjoyed the amusement of travelling , more than he himself thought would have been possible . Thus he did not reach the place of his destination till noon , on the day preceding his birth- day . It seemed as if he had ...
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Allonby answered appearance Astrologer auld Aweel bairn better called Captain castle character Charles Hazlewood circumstances Colonel Mannering counsellor Dandie dear Derncleugh deyvil Dinmont Dirk Hatteraick Dominie Sampson door Ellangowan father favour fear feelings fellow frae Frank Kennedy gentleman gipsy Glossin gude Guy Mannering hand Hazlewood House head heard honour hope 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 never night observed occasion ower person Pleydell poor Portanferry postilion prisoner recollection replied round ruin scene Scotland seemed Singleside smugglers stranger suppose tell there's thought tion turned Vanbeest Brown voice Warroch weel window woman wood Woodbourne ye'll young Hazlewood young lady younker