Guy ManneringJ.M. Dent and Sons, 1912 - 427 pages |
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... answer declared this to be impossible ; and almost in the instant that the message was returned , the father and his ... answered the stranger ; " unless my judgment greatly err , the infant will survive the years of minority , and in ...
... answer declared this to be impossible ; and almost in the instant that the message was returned , the father and his ... answered the stranger ; " unless my judgment greatly err , the infant will survive the years of minority , and in ...
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... answered the stranger , " it can . The in fluence of the constellations is powerful : but He , who made the heavens , is more powerful than all , if His aid be invoked in sincerity and truth . You ought to dedicate this boy to the ...
... answered the stranger , " it can . The in fluence of the constellations is powerful : but He , who made the heavens , is more powerful than all , if His aid be invoked in sincerity and truth . You ought to dedicate this boy to the ...
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... answered by the sophistry of another , and that the dispute was no longer confined to his own thoughts . The Author of Evil was present in the room with him in bodily shape , and , potent with spirits of a melancholy cast , was ...
... answered by the sophistry of another , and that the dispute was no longer confined to his own thoughts . The Author of Evil was present in the room with him in bodily shape , and , potent with spirits of a melancholy cast , was ...
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... answered each application of the spur with a groan , and stumbled at every stone ( and they were not few ) which lay in his road . 66 Mannering now grew impatient . He was occasionally betrayed into a deceitful hope that the end of his ...
... answered each application of the spur with a groan , and stumbled at every stone ( and they were not few ) which lay in his road . 66 Mannering now grew impatient . He was occasionally betrayed into a deceitful hope that the end of his ...
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... answered the purpose equally well . Under this gentleman's supervision small debts grew into large , interests were accumulated upon capitals , movable bonds became heritable , and law charges were heaped upon all ; though Ellangowan ...
... answered the purpose equally well . Under this gentleman's supervision small debts grew into large , interests were accumulated upon capitals , movable bonds became heritable , and law charges were heaped upon all ; though Ellangowan ...
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