Guy Mannering; Or, The Astrologer |
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... thought a long and somewhat perilous journey , to the man- sion of the early friend who had calculated his nativity . His road lay through several places of interest , and he enjoyed the amuse- ment of travelling , more than he himself ...
... thought a long and somewhat perilous journey , to the man- sion of the early friend who had calculated his nativity . His road lay through several places of interest , and he enjoyed the amuse- ment of travelling , more than he himself ...
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... thought Mannering , who was ignorant of the meaning of the phrase ; " but how shall I get to the place , as you call it ? ” “ Ye maun haud wessel by the end o ' the loan , and take tent o ' the jaw - hole . " " O , if ye get to eassel ...
... thought Mannering , who was ignorant of the meaning of the phrase ; " but how shall I get to the place , as you call it ? ” “ Ye maun haud wessel by the end o ' the loan , and take tent o ' the jaw - hole . " " O , if ye get to eassel ...
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... thought them flying out of his head , shut the Bible , stumbled down the pulpit stairs , trampling upon the old women who generally take their station there , and was ever after designated as a " stickit minister . " And thus he ...
... thought them flying out of his head , shut the Bible , stumbled down the pulpit stairs , trampling upon the old women who generally take their station there , and was ever after designated as a " stickit minister . " And thus he ...
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... thought our hero , would life glide on in such a retirement ! On the one hand , the striking remnants of ancient grandeur , with the secret consciousness of family pride which they inspire ; on the other , enough of modern elegance and ...
... thought our hero , would life glide on in such a retirement ! On the one hand , the striking remnants of ancient grandeur , with the secret consciousness of family pride which they inspire ; on the other , enough of modern elegance and ...
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... thought linked strangely on to another in the concatenation of worthy Mr. Bertram's ideas , " Like orient pearls at random strung , " and , therefore , before the current of his associations had drifted farther from the point he had ...
... thought linked strangely on to another in the concatenation of worthy Mr. Bertram's ideas , " Like orient pearls at random strung , " and , therefore , before the current of his associations had drifted farther from the point he had ...
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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