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He looked about for a name and a subject ; and the manner in which the novels
were composed cannot be better illustrated than by reciting the simple narrative
on which “ Guy Mannering ” was originally founded ; but to which , in the progress
...
He looked about for a name and a subject ; and the manner in which the novels
were composed cannot be better illustrated than by reciting the simple narrative
on which “ Guy Mannering ” was originally founded ; but to which , in the progress
...
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Better , far better , that they torment him by ungrateful cravings , than that he
should have to repent having satiated them by criminal indulgence . ” The
dispositions of the young man were so excellent , that he combated , by reason
and religion ...
Better , far better , that they torment him by ungrateful cravings , than that he
should have to repent having satiated them by criminal indulgence . ” The
dispositions of the young man were so excellent , that he combated , by reason
and religion ...
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This was the New Place of Ellangowan , in which we left our hero , 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 ...
This was the New Place of Ellangowan , in which we left our hero , 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 ...
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Ay , but , Meg , we shall not want your assistance , for here ' s a student from
Oxford that kens much better than you how to spae its fortune - he does it by the
stars . " “ Certainly , sir , " said Mannering , entering into the simple humour of his
...
Ay , but , Meg , we shall not want your assistance , for here ' s a student from
Oxford that kens much better than you how to spae its fortune - he does it by the
stars . " “ Certainly , sir , " said Mannering , entering into the simple humour of his
...
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But it often happens , such is our natural love for the marvellous , that we willingly
contribute our own efforts to beguile our better judgments . Whether the
coincidence which I have mentioned was really one of those singular chances ,
which ...
But it often happens , such is our natural love for the marvellous , that we willingly
contribute our own efforts to beguile our better judgments . Whether the
coincidence which I have mentioned was really one of those singular chances ,
which ...
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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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