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I fear from your looks , " said the father , “ that you have bad tidings to tell me of
my young stranger ; perhaps God will resume the blessing He has bestowed ere
he attains the age of manhood , or perhaps he is destined to be unworthy of the ...
I fear from your looks , " said the father , “ that you have bad tidings to tell me of
my young stranger ; perhaps God will resume the blessing He has bestowed ere
he attains the age of manhood , or perhaps he is destined to be unworthy of the ...
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Let him nog enter the world , lest he learn to partake of its follies , or perhaps of its
vices . In short , preserve him as far as possible from all sin , save that of which
too great a portion belongs to all the fallen race of Adam . With the approach of ...
Let him nog enter the world , lest he learn to partake of its follies , or perhaps of its
vices . In short , preserve him as far as possible from all sin , save that of which
too great a portion belongs to all the fallen race of Adam . With the approach of ...
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The author of Waverley had imagined a possibility of framing an interesting , and
perhaps not an unedifying , tale , out of the incidents of the life of a doomed
individual , whose efforts at good and virtuous conduct were to be for ever ...
The author of Waverley had imagined a possibility of framing an interesting , and
perhaps not an unedifying , tale , out of the incidents of the life of a doomed
individual , whose efforts at good and virtuous conduct were to be for ever ...
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Perhaps the habitual use of those abstruse calculations , by which , in a manner
surprising to the artist himself , many tricks upon cards , & c . , are performed ,
induced this gentleman to study the combination of the stars and planets , with
the ...
Perhaps the habitual use of those abstruse calculations , by which , in a manner
surprising to the artist himself , many tricks upon cards , & c . , are performed ,
induced this gentleman to study the combination of the stars and planets , with
the ...
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Such is the outline of Dominie Sampson ' s real story , in which there is neither
romantic incident nor sentimental passion ; but which , perhaps , from the
rectitude and simplicity of character which it displays , may interest the heart and
fill the ...
Such is the outline of Dominie Sampson ' s real story , in which there is neither
romantic incident nor sentimental passion ; but which , perhaps , from the
rectitude and simplicity of character which it displays , may interest the heart and
fill the ...
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answered appearance arms assistance attended auld believe Bertram better Brown called Captain carried character circumstances close Colonel Colonel Mannering Dinmont Dominie door effect Ellangowan entered expressed eyes father fear feelings fire followed gave gipsy give Glossin hand Hatteraick Hazlewood head heard heart honour hope horse hour interest Julia kind lady Laird land leave length light live look Lucy Mac-Morlan Mannering means mind Miss morning natural never night observed occasion once passed perhaps person Pleydell poor postilion present reader received replied respect Robert round Sampson seemed seen side sort speak stranger strong suppose sure tell there's thing thought took turned voice weel wish woman wood young
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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