Guy Mannering; Or, The Astrologer |
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... length the result of his observations induced him to send for the father , and conjure him , in the most solemn manner , to cause the assistants to retard the birth , if practicable , were it but for five minutes . The answer declared ...
... length the result of his observations induced him to send for the father , and conjure him , in the most solemn manner , to cause the assistants to retard the birth , if practicable , were it but for five minutes . The answer declared ...
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... length arrived when he was to perform what was then thought a long and somewhat perilous journey , to the man- sion of the early friend who had calculated his nativity . His road lay through several places of interest , and he enjoyed ...
... length arrived when he was to perform what was then thought a long and somewhat perilous journey , to the man- sion of the early friend who had calculated his nativity . His road lay through several places of interest , and he enjoyed ...
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... length , on a sign from the sage , she left the room , turning on the young stranger , as she departed , a look of inexpressible anxiety and interest . The old man then conducted the youth to his study , and con- versed with him upon ...
... length , on a sign from the sage , she left the room , turning on the young stranger , as she departed , a look of inexpressible anxiety and interest . The old man then conducted the youth to his study , and con- versed with him upon ...
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Sir Walter Scott. the artist languished for two years , when he was at length removed by death . It is said that the Diary of this modern Astrologer will soon be given to the public . The fact , if truly reported , is one of those ...
Sir Walter Scott. the artist languished for two years , when he was at length removed by death . It is said that the Diary of this modern Astrologer will soon be given to the public . The fact , if truly reported , is one of those ...
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... that the gleams proceeded from some of those farm - houses which occasionally ornamented the surface of the extensive bog , At length , to complete his perplexity , he arrived at a place where the road divided into two 18.
... that the gleams proceeded from some of those farm - houses which occasionally ornamented the surface of the extensive bog , At length , to complete his perplexity , he arrived at a place where the road divided into two 18.
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Allonby answered appearance Astrologer auld Aweel bairn better called Captain castle character Charles Hazlewood Charlies-hope Colonel Mannering counsellor Dandie dear Derncleugh deyvil Dinmont Dirk Hatteraick Dominie Sampson door Ellangowan eyes father favour fear feelings fellow frae Frank Kennedy gentleman gipsy Glossin gude Guy Mannering hand Hazlewood-house head heard honour horse Julia justice justice of peace Kennedy Kippletringan Laird Liddesdale light look Lucy Bertram lugger Mac-Candlish Mac-Guffog Mac-Morlan mair Mannering's Matilda maun Merrilies mind Miss Bertram Miss Mannering morning muckle naething never night observed occasion ower person Pleydell poor Portanferry postilion prisoner recollection replied round ruin scene Scotland seemed Singleside Sir Robert Hazlewood smugglers stranger supposed tell there's thing thought tion turned Vanbeest Brown voice Warroch weel window woman wood Woodbourne young Hazlewood young lady younker