Guy Mannering; Or, The Astrologer |
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... . " Not so , Sir , " said the stranger ; " my wants are few , and easily supplied , and I trust the present circumstances may even Guy Mannering . 1 afford an opportunity of showing my gratitude for your hospi- INTRODUCTION ...
... . " Not so , Sir , " said the stranger ; " my wants are few , and easily supplied , and I trust the present circumstances may even Guy Mannering . 1 afford an opportunity of showing my gratitude for your hospi- INTRODUCTION ...
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... 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 blessing he has bestowed ere he attains the age of manhood , or ...
... 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 blessing he has bestowed ere he attains the age of manhood , or ...
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... stranger , “ it can . The influence of the constellations is powerful : but He who made the heavens is more powerful than all , if his aid be invoked in sincerity and truth . You ought to dedicate this boy to the immediate service of ...
... stranger , “ it can . The influence of the constellations is powerful : but He who made the heavens is more powerful than all , if his aid be invoked in sincerity and truth . You ought to dedicate this boy to the immediate service of ...
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... stranger departed , but his words remained impressed upon the mind of the anxious parent . He lost his lady while his boy was still in infancy . This calamity , I think , had been predicted by the Astrologer ; and thus his confidence ...
... stranger departed , but his words remained impressed upon the mind of the anxious parent . He lost his lady while his boy was still in infancy . This calamity , I think , had been predicted by the Astrologer ; and thus his confidence ...
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... stranger from the peculiarity and mystery of his own lot , and riveted his attention to every thing she did or said . She spoke little , and it was on the most serious subjects . She played on the harpsichord at her father's command ...
... stranger from the peculiarity and mystery of his own lot , and riveted his attention to every thing she did or said . She spoke little , and it was on the most serious subjects . She played on the harpsichord at her father's command ...
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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