Guy ManneringThe tale was originally told me by an old servant of my father's, an excellent old Highlander, without a fault. He believed as firmly in the story as in any part of his creed. A grave and elderly person, according to old John MacKinlay's account, while traveling in the wilder parts of Galloway, was benighted. With difficulty he found his way to a country seat, where he was readily admitted. The owner of the house was much struck by the reverend appearance of his guest, and apologized to him for a certain degree of confusion which must unavoidably attend his reception. The lady of the house was, he said, confined to her apartment, and on the point of making her husband a father for the first time. Not so, sir, said the stranger; my wants are few, and easily supplied, and I trust the present circumstances may even afford an opportunity of showing my gratitude for your hospitality. Let me only request that I may be informed of the exact minute of the birth. I will not conceal from you that I am skillful in understanding and interpreting the movements of those planetary bodies which exert their influences on the destiny of mortals. competent estate, and only use the knowledge I possess for the benefit of those in whom I feel an interest... |
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... circumstance to make his mind easy . Many of the roads in that country lay along the sea- beach , and some were liable to be flooded by the tides , which rise to a great height , and advance with extreme rapidity . Others were ...
... circumstance to make his mind easy . Many of the roads in that country lay along the sea- beach , and some were liable to be flooded by the tides , which rise to a great height , and advance with extreme rapidity . Others were ...
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... circumstances to the servant ; and the gentleman of the house , who heard his tale from the parlour , stepped forward , and welcomed the stranger hospitably to Ellangowan . The boy , made happy with half - a - crown , was dismissed to ...
... circumstances to the servant ; and the gentleman of the house , who heard his tale from the parlour , stepped forward , and welcomed the stranger hospitably to Ellangowan . The boy , made happy with half - a - crown , was dismissed to ...
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... circumstance arrested Ellangowan's progress on the high road to ruin . This was his marriage with a lady who had a portion of about four thousand pounds . Nobody in the neighbourhood could conceive why she married him , and endowed him ...
... circumstance arrested Ellangowan's progress on the high road to ruin . This was his marriage with a lady who had a portion of about four thousand pounds . Nobody in the neighbourhood could conceive why she married him , and endowed him ...
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... circumstances of the landlady were pleaded to Man- nering , first as an apology for her not appearing to welcome her guest , and for those deficiencies in his entertainment which her attention might have supplied , and then as an excuse ...
... circumstances of the landlady were pleaded to Man- nering , first as an apology for her not appearing to welcome her guest , and for those deficiencies in his entertainment which her attention might have supplied , and then as an excuse ...
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... circumstances hereafter to be noticed , had been familiar to him in early youth . Signs and planets , in aspects sextile , quartile , trine , con- joined or opposite ; houses of heaven , with their cusps , Ptolemy , a Greek astronomer ...
... circumstances hereafter to be noticed , had been familiar to him in early youth . Signs and planets , in aspects sextile , quartile , trine , con- joined or opposite ; houses of heaven , with their cusps , Ptolemy , a Greek astronomer ...
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