Guy Mannering; Or, The Astrologer |
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... length kidnapped in the streets of Dublin , dragged by his uncle and a party of hired ruffians to a boat , and carried on board a vessel in the river , which took him to America . There he remains thirteen years , and suffers untold ...
... length kidnapped in the streets of Dublin , dragged by his uncle and a party of hired ruffians to a boat , and carried on board a vessel in the river , which took him to America . There he remains thirteen years , and suffers untold ...
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... length the result of his observations induced him to send for the father , and conjure him , in the most solemn manner , to cause the assistants to retard the birth , if practicable , were it but for five minutes . The answer declared ...
... length the result of his observations induced him to send for the father , and conjure him , in the most solemn manner , to cause the assistants to retard the birth , if practicable , were it but for five minutes . The answer declared ...
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... length arrived when he was to perform what was then thought a long and somewhat perilous journey , to the mansion of the early friend who had calculated his nativity . His road lay through several places of interest , and he enjoyed the ...
... length arrived when he was to perform what was then thought a long and somewhat perilous journey , to the mansion of the early friend who had calculated his nativity . His road lay through several places of interest , and he enjoyed the ...
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Walter Scott. instrument . At length , on a sign from the sage , she left the room , turning on the young stranger , as she departed , a look of inexpressible anxiety and interest . The old man then conducted the youth to his study , and ...
Walter Scott. instrument . At length , on a sign from the sage , she left the room , turning on the young stranger , as she departed , a look of inexpressible anxiety and interest . The old man then conducted the youth to his study , and ...
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... length removed by death . It is said that the Diary of this modern Astrologer will soon be given to the public . The fact , if truly reported , is one of those singular coin- cidences which occasionally appear , differing so widely from ...
... length removed by death . It is said that the Diary of this modern Astrologer will soon be given to the public . The fact , if truly reported , is one of those singular coin- cidences which occasionally appear , differing so widely from ...
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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