Guy Mannering; Or, The Astrologer |
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... mind of the anxious parent . He lost his lady while his boy was still in infancy . This calamity , I think , had ... mind . The Astrologer was consulted by letter , and returned for answer , that this fitful state of mind was but the ...
... mind of the anxious parent . He lost his lady while his boy was still in infancy . This calamity , I think , had ... mind . The Astrologer was consulted by letter , and returned for answer , that this fitful state of mind was but the ...
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... mind , and it was not till he attained the com- mencement of his twenty - first year , that they assumed a character which made his father tremble for the consequences . It seemed as if the gloomiest and most hideous of mental maladies ...
... mind , and it was not till he attained the com- mencement of his twenty - first year , that they assumed a character which made his father tremble for the consequences . It seemed as if the gloomiest and most hideous of mental maladies ...
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... mind occasionally wander , and his recollections go in quest of the beautiful vision who had shared their meal at noon . On such occasions , the Astrologer looked grave , and shook his head at this relaxation of attention ; yet , on the ...
... mind occasionally wander , and his recollections go in quest of the beautiful vision who had shared their meal at noon . On such occasions , the Astrologer looked grave , and shook his head at this relaxation of attention ; yet , on the ...
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... mind , and , like furies armed with fiery scourges , seemed determined to drive him to despair . As he combated these hor- rible recollections with distracted feelings , but with a resolved mind , he became aware that his arguments were ...
... mind , and , like furies armed with fiery scourges , seemed determined to drive him to despair . As he combated these hor- rible recollections with distracted feelings , but with a resolved mind , he became aware that his arguments were ...
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... mind sufficient even to constitute the mainspring of a romance . Besides , it occurred , that to do justice to such a subject would have required not only more talent than the author could be conscious of possessing , but also involved ...
... mind sufficient even to constitute the mainspring of a romance . Besides , it occurred , that to do justice to such a subject would have required not only more talent than the author could be conscious of possessing , but also involved ...
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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