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Page ix
... father ' s protection , and the poor boy became a houseless vagabond ,
wandering about the streets of Dublin , and procuring a scanty and precarious
subsistence by running of errands and holding gentlemen ' s horses . “ Meantime
Lord ...
... father ' s protection , and the poor boy became a houseless vagabond ,
wandering about the streets of Dublin , and procuring a scanty and precarious
subsistence by running of errands and holding gentlemen ' s horses . “ Meantime
Lord ...
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Young Annesley was speedily recognised by his uncle , who forcibly drove him
from the place , but not before the boy had made himself known to several old
servants of his father , who were attending the corpse of their late lord to the tomb
.
Young Annesley was speedily recognised by his uncle , who forcibly drove him
from the place , but not before the boy had made himself known to several old
servants of his father , who were attending the corpse of their late lord to the tomb
.
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The tale was originally told me by an old servant of my father ' s , an excellent old
Highlander , without a fault , unless a preference to mountain - dew over less
potent liquors be accounted one . He believed as firmly in the story , as in any
part ...
The tale was originally told me by an old servant of my father ' s , an excellent old
Highlander , without a fault , unless a preference to mountain - dew over less
potent liquors be accounted one . He believed as firmly in the story , as in any
part ...
Page 4
The guest spent a part of the night in ascertaining the position of the heavenly
bodies , and calculating their probable influence ; until at length the result of his
observations induced him to send for the father , and conjure him , in the most ...
The guest spent a part of the night in ascertaining the position of the heavenly
bodies , and calculating their probable influence ; until at length the result of his
observations induced him to send for the father , and conjure him , in the most ...
Page 5
Your knowledge , then , can afford us no defence , " said the anxious father , "
against the threatened evil ? " “ Pardon me , " answered the stranger , “ it can .
The in fluence of the constellations is powerful : but He , who made the heavens ,
is ...
Your knowledge , then , can afford us no defence , " said the anxious father , "
against the threatened evil ? " “ Pardon me , " answered the stranger , “ it can .
The in fluence of the constellations is powerful : but He , who made the heavens ,
is ...
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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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