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Page 19
Hitherto nothing had broken the silence around him , but the deep cry of the
bogblitter , or bull - of - the - bog , a large species of bittern ; and the sighs of the
wind as it passed along the dreary morass . To these was now joined the distant
roar ...
Hitherto nothing had broken the silence around him , but the deep cry of the
bogblitter , or bull - of - the - bog , a large species of bittern ; and the sighs of the
wind as it passed along the dreary morass . To these was now joined the distant
roar ...
Page 169
Brown , who in his military profession had seen a great many hard blows pass ,
could not help remarking , “ he had never ... The hills were greener and more
abrupt than those which Brown had lately passed , sinking their grassy sides at
once ...
Brown , who in his military profession had seen a great many hard blows pass ,
could not help remarking , “ he had never ... The hills were greener and more
abrupt than those which Brown had lately passed , sinking their grassy sides at
once ...
Page 192
... not to turn back her head , and , withdrawing a bolt or two , ( for ,
notwithstanding the miserable appearance of the place , the door was cautiously
secured , ) she lifted the latch , saying , “ Open lock - end strife , Come death , and
pass lise .
... not to turn back her head , and , withdrawing a bolt or two , ( for ,
notwithstanding the miserable appearance of the place , the door was cautiously
secured , ) she lifted the latch , saying , “ Open lock - end strife , Come death , and
pass lise .
Page 388
Then instantly passing to Lucy , “ Look at that man , Miss Bertram , my dear ; have
you never seen any one like him ? " Lucy had only ventured one glance at this
object of terror , by which , however , from his remarkable height and appearance
...
Then instantly passing to Lucy , “ Look at that man , Miss Bertram , my dear ; have
you never seen any one like him ? " Lucy had only ventured one glance at this
object of terror , by which , however , from his remarkable height and appearance
...
Page 430
the deep tone of horror in which they were uttered , served to show what was
passing in his mind . When Meg ... On the way her mind seemed to run more
upon the scene which had just passed , than on her approaching death . “ There
were ...
the deep tone of horror in which they were uttered , served to show what was
passing in his mind . When Meg ... On the way her mind seemed to run more
upon the scene which had just passed , than on her approaching death . “ There
were ...
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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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