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Page vii
EDITOR ' S INTRODUCTION SCOTT owed the first idea of “ Guy Mannering ” to a
Galloway excise officer , Joseph Train , stationed at Newton - Stewart , who had
published a book of poems and was collecting materials for a local history when
...
EDITOR ' S INTRODUCTION SCOTT owed the first idea of “ Guy Mannering ” to a
Galloway excise officer , Joseph Train , stationed at Newton - Stewart , who had
published a book of poems and was collecting materials for a local history when
...
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... in this sinister tale , the recurrence of the “ unlucky number 13 . ” More to the
purpose , in its relation to the writing of “ Guy Mannering , " is the resemblance
between the names of the witnesses at the Annesley trial , and those used by
Scott .
... in this sinister tale , the recurrence of the “ unlucky number 13 . ” More to the
purpose , in its relation to the writing of “ Guy Mannering , " is the resemblance
between the names of the witnesses at the Annesley trial , and those used by
Scott .
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The author was lately honoured with a letter from a gentleman deeply skilled in
these mysteries , who kindly undertook to calculate the nativity of the writer of “
Guy Mannering , ” who might be supposed to be friendly to the divine art which
he ...
The author was lately honoured with a letter from a gentleman deeply skilled in
these mysteries , who kindly undertook to calculate the nativity of the writer of “
Guy Mannering , ” who might be supposed to be friendly to the divine art which
he ...
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... may interest the heart and fill the eye of the reader as irresistibly as if it
respected distresses of a more dignified or refined character . These preliminary
notices concerning the tale of “ Guy Mannering , ” and some of the characters
introduced ...
... may interest the heart and fill the eye of the reader as irresistibly as if it
respected distresses of a more dignified or refined character . These preliminary
notices concerning the tale of “ Guy Mannering , ” and some of the characters
introduced ...
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The poor hack upon which Mannering was mounted was probably of opinion that
it suited him as ill as the female respondent ; for he began to ilag very much ,
answered each application of the spur with a groan , and stumbled at every stone
...
The poor hack upon which Mannering was mounted was probably of opinion that
it suited him as ill as the female respondent ; for he began to ilag very much ,
answered each application of the spur with a groan , and stumbled at every stone
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Guy Mannering Volume 2 of Waverley novels : Dryburgh Edition / Walter Scott |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent and Sons, 1912 |
| Original from | Library of Catalonia |
| Digitized | 8 Aug 2008 |
| Length | 427 pages |
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