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Page 9
... when his thoughts ought to have been dedicated to the religious discourse of
her father , were set before him in the darkest colours ; and he was treated as one
who , having sinned against light , was , therefore , deservedly left a prey to the ...
... when his thoughts ought to have been dedicated to the religious discourse of
her father , were set before him in the darkest colours ; and he was treated as one
who , having sinned against light , was , therefore , deservedly left a prey to the ...
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A light , glimmering through the window of a large waste barn , which had
survived the farm - house to which it had once belonged , guided him to a place
of shelter ; and when he knocked at the door , it was opened by Jean Gordon .
Her very ...
A light , glimmering through the window of a large waste barn , which had
survived the farm - house to which it had once belonged , guided him to a place
of shelter ; and when he knocked at the door , it was opened by Jean Gordon .
Her very ...
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The farmer soon heard their stifled whispers and light steps by his bedside , and
understood they were rummaging his clothes . When they found the money which
the providence of Jean Gordon had made him retain , they held a consultation if ...
The farmer soon heard their stifled whispers and light steps by his bedside , and
understood they were rummaging his clothes . When they found the money which
the providence of Jean Gordon had made him retain , they held a consultation if ...
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As the 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 .
As the 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
If there had been light to consult the relics of a finger - post which stood there , it
would have been of little avail , as , according to the good custom of North Britain
, the inscription had been defaced shortly after its erection . Our adventurer was ...
If there had been light to consult the relics of a finger - post which stood there , it
would have been of little avail , as , according to the good custom of North Britain
, the inscription had been defaced shortly after its erection . Our adventurer was ...
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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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