Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 1 |
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Page 30
... close behind The radiance of thy planet - O be warned . Coleridge from Schiller . The belief in astrology was almost universal in the middle of the seventeenth century ; it began to waver and become doubtful towards the close of that ...
... close behind The radiance of thy planet - O be warned . Coleridge from Schiller . The belief in astrology was almost universal in the middle of the seventeenth century ; it began to waver and become doubtful towards the close of that ...
Page 38
... close personal conflict . He was hard favoured , and which was worse , his face bore nothing of the insou- ciance , the careless frolicksome jollity , and vacant cu- riosity of a sailor on shore . These qualities , perhaps , as much as ...
... close personal conflict . He was hard favoured , and which was worse , his face bore nothing of the insou- ciance , the careless frolicksome jollity , and vacant cu- riosity of a sailor on shore . These qualities , perhaps , as much as ...
Page 77
... close upon the cape , so that they were obliged to wear the vessel for fear of going ashore , and to make a large tack back into the bay , in order to re- cover sea - room enough to double the head - land . ' They'll lose her , by ...
... close upon the cape , so that they were obliged to wear the vessel for fear of going ashore , and to make a large tack back into the bay , in order to re- cover sea - room enough to double the head - land . ' They'll lose her , by ...
Page 80
... close . ' Sampson coloured up to the eyes - not at the im- plied taunt , which he would never have discovered , or resented if he had , but some idea which crossed his own mind . I have been in an error , ' he said , ' of a surety I ...
... close . ' Sampson coloured up to the eyes - not at the im- plied taunt , which he would never have discovered , or resented if he had , but some idea which crossed his own mind . I have been in an error , ' he said , ' of a surety I ...
Page 81
... close , when the par- ties entered the wood , and dispersed different ways in quest of the boy and his companion . The dark- ening of the atmosphere , and the hoarse sighs of the November wind through the naked trees , the rust- ling of ...
... close , when the par- ties entered the wood , and dispersed different ways in quest of the boy and his companion . The dark- ening of the atmosphere , and the hoarse sighs of the November wind through the naked trees , the rust- ling of ...
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