Guy ManneringJ.M. Dent and Sons, 1912 - 427 pages |
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... respect and gratitude , and the stranger was accommodated with an apartment which commanded an ample view of the astral regions . The guest spent a part of the night in ascertaining the position of the heavenly bodies , and calculating ...
... respect and gratitude , and the stranger was accommodated with an apartment which commanded an ample view of the astral regions . The guest spent a part of the night in ascertaining the position of the heavenly bodies , and calculating ...
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... respect , in their depredations , the property of their benefactors . The end of all this was , an inquiry what money the farmer had about him ; and an urgent request , or com- mand , that he would make her his purse - keeper , since ...
... respect , in their depredations , the property of their benefactors . The end of all this was , an inquiry what money the farmer had about him ; and an urgent request , or com- mand , that he would make her his purse - keeper , since ...
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... respects wholly un- deserving . She had , among other demerits , or merits , as the reader may choose to rank it , that of being a stanch Jacobite . She chanced to be at Carlisle upon a fair or market - day , soon after the year 1746 ...
... respects wholly un- deserving . She had , among other demerits , or merits , as the reader may choose to rank it , that of being a stanch Jacobite . She chanced to be at Carlisle upon a fair or market - day , soon after the year 1746 ...
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... distance from the village of Kippletringan , where he proposed to quarter for the night . His queries were usually answered by a counter - challenge respecting the place from whence he came . While sufficient 19 GUY MANNERING ...
... distance from the village of Kippletringan , where he proposed to quarter for the night . His queries were usually answered by a counter - challenge respecting the place from whence he came . While sufficient 19 GUY MANNERING ...
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Walter Scott. respecting the place from whence he came . While sufficient daylight remained to show the dress and appearance of a gentleman , these cross interrogatories were usually put in the form of a case supposed , as , " Ye'll hae ...
Walter Scott. respecting the place from whence he came . While sufficient daylight remained to show the dress and appearance of a gentleman , these cross interrogatories were usually put in the form of a case supposed , as , " Ye'll hae ...
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