Guy ManneringJ.M. Dent and Sons, 1912 - 427 pages |
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Page 9
... light , was , therefore , deservedly left a prey to the Prince of Darkness . As the fated and influential hour rolled on , the terrors of the hateful Presence grew more confounding to the mortal senses of the victim , and the knot of ...
... light , was , therefore , deservedly left a prey to the Prince of Darkness . As the fated and influential hour rolled on , the terrors of the hateful Presence grew more confounding to the mortal senses of the victim , and the knot of ...
Page 12
... light , glimmering through the window of a large waste barn , which had survived the farm - house to which it had ... Light down , light down ; for ye maunna gang farther the night , and a friend's house sae near . ' The farmer was ...
... light , glimmering through the window of a large waste barn , which had survived the farm - house to which it had ... Light down , light down ; for ye maunna gang farther the night , and a friend's house sae near . ' The farmer was ...
Page 13
... light steps by his bedside , and understood they were rummag- ing his clothes . When they found the money which the providence of Jean Gordon had made him retain , they held a consultation if they should take it or no ; but the ...
... light steps by his bedside , and understood they were rummag- ing his clothes . When they found the money which the providence of Jean Gordon had made him retain , they held a consultation if they should take it or no ; but the ...
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... light grew faint and more faint , and the morass appeared blacker and blacker , our traveller questioned more closely each chance passenger on his distance from the village of Kippletringan , where he proposed to quarter for the night ...
... light grew faint and more faint , and the morass appeared blacker and blacker , our traveller questioned more closely each chance passenger on his distance from the village of Kippletringan , where he proposed to quarter for the night ...
Page 20
... light or two ; but , as he came up , he was disappointed to find that the gleams proceeded from some of those farm - houses which occasionally ornamented the surface of the extensive bog . At length , to complete his perplexity , he ...
... light or two ; but , as he came up , he was disappointed to find that the gleams proceeded from some of those farm - houses which occasionally ornamented the surface of the extensive bog . At length , to complete his perplexity , he ...
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