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Page 19
This was no 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 ...
This was no 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 ...
Page 83
It was not in the power of the man - of - war's men for some time to profit by this
circumstance , owing to their having kept too much in shore for doubling the
headland . After two tacks , they accomplished this , and observed the chase on
fire ...
It was not in the power of the man - of - war's men for some time to profit by this
circumstance , owing to their having kept too much in shore for doubling the
headland . After two tacks , they accomplished this , and observed the chase on
fire ...
Page 225
The having been concerned in these practices abstractedly , was a circumstance
which , according to his opinion , ought in no respect to interfere with his now
using his experience in behalf of the public , or rather to further his own private ...
The having been concerned in these practices abstractedly , was a circumstance
which , according to his opinion , ought in no respect to interfere with his now
using his experience in behalf of the public , or rather to further his own private ...
Page 258
But I find that circumstances of recent occurrence , and not easily to be forgotten ,
have rendered her so utterly repugnant to a personal interview with Mr. Glossin ,
that it would be cruelty to insist upon it : and she has deputed me to receive his ...
But I find that circumstances of recent occurrence , and not easily to be forgotten ,
have rendered her so utterly repugnant to a personal interview with Mr. Glossin ,
that it would be cruelty to insist upon it : and she has deputed me to receive his ...
Page 350
And in this comfortable state of oblivion we must leave them , until we acquaint
the reader with some other circumstances which occurred about the same period
. CHAPTER XLVI . Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence ? or why ...
And in this comfortable state of oblivion we must leave them , until we acquaint
the reader with some other circumstances which occurred about the same period
. CHAPTER XLVI . Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence ? or why ...
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| Title | Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer Volume 99 of Collection of British and American authors Volume 99 of Collection of British authors Volume 99 of Tauchnitz edition |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Publisher | Bernhard Tauhnitz, 1846 |
| Original from | Austrian National Library |
| Digitized | 27 Nov 2017 |
| Length | 467 pages |
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