Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 1 |
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Page 14
... seen . Deprived of his personal and active superin- tendance , all his undertakings miscarried , and be- came either abortive or perilous . Without a single spark of energy to meet or repel these misfortunes , Godfrey put his faith in ...
... seen . Deprived of his personal and active superin- tendance , all his undertakings miscarried , and be- came either abortive or perilous . Without a single spark of energy to meet or repel these misfortunes , Godfrey put his faith in ...
Page 36
... seen on the preceding evening . He soon found an aperture , through which he could observe her without being himself visible ; and could not help feeling , that her figure , her employment , and her situation , conveyed the exact ...
... seen on the preceding evening . He soon found an aperture , through which he could observe her without being himself visible ; and could not help feeling , that her figure , her employment , and her situation , conveyed the exact ...
Page 37
... seen through twilight bending , Lo , what varied shapes attending ! Passions wild , and follies vain , Pleasures soon exchanged for pain ; Doubt , and jealousy , and fear , In the magic dance appear . Now they wax , and now they dwindle ...
... seen through twilight bending , Lo , what varied shapes attending ! Passions wild , and follies vain , Pleasures soon exchanged for pain ; Doubt , and jealousy , and fear , In the magic dance appear . Now they wax , and now they dwindle ...
Page 42
... seen only last week , and yet she has twelve bows sowing of victual ; indeed , her goodman , Duncan Finniston - that's him that's gone - ( we must all die , Mr. Mannering ; that's ower true ) --and , speaking of that , let us live in ...
... seen only last week , and yet she has twelve bows sowing of victual ; indeed , her goodman , Duncan Finniston - that's him that's gone - ( we must all die , Mr. Mannering ; that's ower true ) --and , speaking of that , let us live in ...
Page 57
... seen , both man and woman , perpetually drunk , cursing , blaspheming , and fighting together . ' Notwithstanding the deplorable picture presented in this extract , and which Fletcher himself , though the energetic and eloquent friend ...
... seen , both man and woman , perpetually drunk , cursing , blaspheming , and fighting together . ' Notwithstanding the deplorable picture presented in this extract , and which Fletcher himself , though the energetic and eloquent friend ...
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