Guy Mannering, Volume 2Black, 1859 |
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... father , a stranger in the land , and invested with no official authority , had , one would think , nothing to do . But it must be owned , that , as he himself expresses it , he was born when Mars was lord of his ascendant , and that ...
... father , a stranger in the land , and invested with no official authority , had , one would think , nothing to do . But it must be owned , that , as he himself expresses it , he was born when Mars was lord of his ascendant , and that ...
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... father had served the king , he would not refuse to pro- tect the servants of government , when threatened to be murdered in the discharge of their duty . " My father , to whom , in his enthusiastic feelings of military loyalty , even a ...
... father had served the king , he would not refuse to pro- tect the servants of government , when threatened to be murdered in the discharge of their duty . " My father , to whom , in his enthusiastic feelings of military loyalty , even a ...
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... father had got every thing into proper order for defence , and his people stationed at the win- dows with their fire - arms , he wanted to order us out of danger - into the cellar , I believe — but we could not be prevailed upon to stir ...
... father had got every thing into proper order for defence , and his people stationed at the win- dows with their fire - arms , he wanted to order us out of danger - into the cellar , I believe — but we could not be prevailed upon to stir ...
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... father had now made his dispositions , and we sat in breathless expectation in the darkened apart- ment , the men remaining all silent upon their posts , in anxious contemplation probably of the approaching danger . My father , who was ...
... father had now made his dispositions , and we sat in breathless expectation in the darkened apart- ment , the men remaining all silent upon their posts , in anxious contemplation probably of the approaching danger . My father , who was ...
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... father , to my infinite terror , threw open a window near which he was posted , and demanded what he wanted . ' We want our goods , which we have been robbed of by these sharks , ' said the fellow ; and our lieutenant bids me say , that ...
... father , to my infinite terror , threw open a window near which he was posted , and demanded what he wanted . ' We want our goods , which we have been robbed of by these sharks , ' said the fellow ; and our lieutenant bids me say , that ...
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Allonby appearance arms auld Aweel Baronet better called canna Captain carriage Charles Hazlewood Colonel Mannering counsellor Dandie dear Derncleugh devil deyvil Dinmont dinna Dirk Hatteraick Dominie door Ellangowan eneugh exclaimed eyes father favour feelings fellow frae gentleman gipsy Glossin GUY MANNERING hand Hazle Hazlewood of Hazlewood Hazlewood-House heard Henry Bertram honest honour horse interest Jock Julia justice Kippletringan lawyer Liddesdale look Lord Monboddo Lucy Bertram Mac-Candlish Mac-Guffog Mac-Morlan mair Mannering's maun Merrilies mind Miss Bertram Miss Mannering morning murder naething never night occasion ower person Pleydell Portanferry prisoner recollection replied respect Sampson Scotland Singleside Sir Robert Hazlewood smugglers stood stranger tell there's thing thought tone took turned Vanbeest Brown voice Warroch weel woman wood Woodbourne ye'll young Hazlewood young ladies younker