Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 1 |
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Page 14
... better amused , perhaps , than our readers , and to this Lewis Bertram retreated , full of projects for re - establishing the prosperity of his family . He took some land into his own hand , rented some from neighbouring proprietors ...
... better amused , perhaps , than our readers , and to this Lewis Bertram retreated , full of projects for re - establishing the prosperity of his family . He took some land into his own hand , rented some from neighbouring proprietors ...
Page 24
... better than you how to spae his fortune - he does it by the stars . ' ' Certainly , sir , ' said Mannering , entering into the simple humour of his landlord , ' I will calculate his nativity according to the rule of the Triplicities ...
... better than you how to spae his fortune - he does it by the stars . ' ' Certainly , sir , ' said Mannering , entering into the simple humour of his landlord , ' I will calculate his nativity according to the rule of the Triplicities ...
Page 32
... better judgments . Whether the co- incidence which I have mentioned was really one of those singular chances , which sometimes happen against all ordinary calculations ; or whether Man- nering , bewildered amid the arithmetical ...
... better judgments . Whether the co- incidence which I have mentioned was really one of those singular chances , which sometimes happen against all ordinary calculations ; or whether Man- nering , bewildered amid the arithmetical ...
Page 45
... better have gaen to Jamaica , like Sir Thomas Kittlecourt's uncle - and how they brought home reliques , like those that catholics have , and a flag that's up yonder in the garret - if they had been casks of Muscovado , and puncheons of ...
... better have gaen to Jamaica , like Sir Thomas Kittlecourt's uncle - and how they brought home reliques , like those that catholics have , and a flag that's up yonder in the garret - if they had been casks of Muscovado , and puncheons of ...
Page 52
... better pleased than I am . ' Accordingly , unwilling to confine his gratitude to mere feelings , or verbal expressions , he gave full current to the new - born zeal of office , and endea- voured to express his sense of the honour ...
... better pleased than I am . ' Accordingly , unwilling to confine his gratitude to mere feelings , or verbal expressions , he gave full current to the new - born zeal of office , and endea- voured to express his sense of the honour ...
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