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Page 112
... being no doubt the purpose to which it was destined by the bestower . Many of
the neighbouring gentry were now sincerely eager in pressing offers of hospitality
and kindness upon Miss Bertram . But she felt a natural reluctance to enter any ...
... being no doubt the purpose to which it was destined by the bestower . Many of
the neighbouring gentry were now sincerely eager in pressing offers of hospitality
and kindness upon Miss Bertram . But she felt a natural reluctance to enter any ...
Page 141
Miss Bertram shed some natural tears over this cold - hearted epistle ; for in her
mother's time , this good lady had been a guest at Ellangowan for nearly three
years , and it was only upon succeeding to a property of about £ 400 a - year that
...
Miss Bertram shed some natural tears over this cold - hearted epistle ; for in her
mother's time , this good lady had been a guest at Ellangowan for nearly three
years , and it was only upon succeeding to a property of about £ 400 a - year that
...
Page 254
It was not without hesitation that he took this step , having the natural reluctance
to face Colonel Mannering , which fraud and villainy have to encounter ... His
talents were naturally acute , and by no means confined to the line of his
profession .
It was not without hesitation that he took this step , having the natural reluctance
to face Colonel Mannering , which fraud and villainy have to encounter ... His
talents were naturally acute , and by no means confined to the line of his
profession .
Page 411
And was there such a natural son , Sir Robert ? " demanded the counsellor . “ O ,
certainly , to my own positive knowledge . Ellangowan had him placed as cabin -
boy or powder - monkey on board an armed sloop or yacht belonging to the ...
And was there such a natural son , Sir Robert ? " demanded the counsellor . “ O ,
certainly , to my own positive knowledge . Ellangowan had him placed as cabin -
boy or powder - monkey on board an armed sloop or yacht belonging to the ...
Page 442
This young fellow , whom I take to be a natural son of the late Ellangowan , has
gone about the country for some weeks under different names , caballing with a
wretched old mad - woman , who , I understand , was shot in a late scuffle , and ...
This young fellow , whom I take to be a natural son of the late Ellangowan , has
gone about the country for some weeks under different names , caballing with a
wretched old mad - woman , who , I understand , was shot in a late scuffle , and ...
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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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