Guy Mannering; Or, The Astrologer |
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... passed to a distant branch of the family . He hastened to draw the stranger into a private room . " I fear from your looks , " said the father , " that you have bad tidings to tell me of my young stranger ; perhaps God will resume the ...
... passed to a distant branch of the family . He hastened to draw the stranger into a private room . " I fear from your looks , " said the father , " that you have bad tidings to tell me of my young stranger ; perhaps God will resume the ...
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... passed as the father could have wished . A young Nazarene could not have been bred up with more rigour . All that was evil was withheld from his observation he only heard what was pure in precept — he only witnessed what was worthy in ...
... passed as the father could have wished . A young Nazarene could not have been bred up with more rigour . All that was evil was withheld from his observation he only heard what was pure in precept — he only witnessed what was worthy in ...
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... passed along the dreary morass . To these was now joined the distant roar of the ocean , towards which the traveller seemed to be fast approaching . This was no circum- stance to make his mind easy . Many of the roads in that country ...
... passed along the dreary morass . To these was now joined the distant roar of the ocean , towards which the traveller seemed to be fast approaching . This was no circum- stance to make his mind easy . Many of the roads in that country ...
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... passed . Finally , he led the way , through a wicket , into some- thing which had still the air of an avenue , though many of the trees were felled . The roar of the ocean was now near and full , and the moon , which began to make her ...
... passed . Finally , he led the way , through a wicket , into some- thing which had still the air of an avenue , though many of the trees were felled . The roar of the ocean was now near and full , and the moon , which began to make her ...
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... if his injunctions were neglected . The rest of the day , which Mannering , by Mr. Bertram's invitation , spent at Ellangowan , passed over without any thing remarkable ; and on the morning of that which followed , the 50.
... if his injunctions were neglected . The rest of the day , which Mannering , by Mr. Bertram's invitation , spent at Ellangowan , passed over without any thing remarkable ; and on the morning of that which followed , the 50.
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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