Guy ManneringJ.M. Dent and Sons, 1912 - 427 pages |
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Page ix
... father's pro- tection , and the poor boy became a houseless vagabond , wander- ing about the streets of Dublin , and procuring a scanty and precarious subsistence by running of errands and holding gentle- men's horses . " Meantime Lord ...
... father's pro- tection , and the poor boy became a houseless vagabond , wander- ing about the streets of Dublin , and procuring a scanty and precarious subsistence by running of errands and holding gentle- men's horses . " Meantime Lord ...
Page x
... father's grave . Young Annesley was speedily recog- nised 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 ...
... father's grave . Young Annesley was speedily recog- nised 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 ...
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... 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 of his creed . A grave and elderly person ...
... 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 of his creed . A grave and elderly person ...
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... father and his guest were made acquainted with the birth of a boy . The Astrologer on the morrow met the party who gathered around the breakfast table , with looks so grave and ominous , as to alarm the fears of the father , who had ...
... father and his guest were made acquainted with the birth of a boy . The Astrologer on the morrow met the party who gathered around the breakfast table , with looks so grave and ominous , as to alarm the fears of the father , who had ...
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... 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 more powerful than all , if His aid be invoked in ...
... 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 more powerful than all , if His aid be invoked in ...
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