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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... give his purse to her keeping , and retained it while her sons were rifling his pockets , restoring it to him the next morning , when she set him on his way home , the robbers being still asleep . Her sons , nine in number , were said ...
... give his purse to her keeping , and retained it while her sons were rifling his pockets , restoring it to him the next morning , when she set him on his way home , the robbers being still asleep . Her sons , nine in number , were said ...
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... give me a night's lodg- ings ? " " Troth can I no ; I am a lone woman , for James he's awa to Drumshourloch fair with the year aulds , and I daurna for my life open the door to ony o ' your gang- there - out sort o ' bodies . " “ But ...
... give me a night's lodg- ings ? " " Troth can I no ; I am a lone woman , for James he's awa to Drumshourloch fair with the year aulds , and I daurna for my life open the door to ony o ' your gang- there - out sort o ' bodies . " “ But ...
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... give the reader some in- sight into his state and conversation , before he has finished a long lecture to Mannering , upon the propriety and com- fort of wrapping his stirrup - irons round with a wisp of straw when he had occasion to ...
... give the reader some in- sight into his state and conversation , before he has finished a long lecture to Mannering , upon the propriety and com- fort of wrapping his stirrup - irons round with a wisp of straw when he had occasion to ...
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... give him , and the poor for nothing ; and , to the shame of the former be it spoken , the pedagogue's gains never equalled those of a skilful ploughman . He wrote , how- ever , a good hand , and added something to his pittance by ...
... give him , and the poor for nothing ; and , to the shame of the former be it spoken , the pedagogue's gains never equalled those of a skilful ploughman . He wrote , how- ever , a good hand , and added something to his pittance by ...
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... give him credit for being half serious . As for Meg , she fixed her bewildered eyes upon the Astrologer , overpowered by a jargon more mysterious than her own . Mannering pressed his advantage , and ran over all the hard terms of art ...
... give him credit for being half serious . As for Meg , she fixed her bewildered eyes upon the Astrologer , overpowered by a jargon more mysterious than her own . Mannering pressed his advantage , and ran over all the hard terms of art ...
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