Guy Mannering; Or, The Astrologer |
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... temper and disposition will prove all that his parents can wish . But with much in his horoscope which pro- mises many blessings , there is one evil influence strongly afford an opportunity of showing my gratitude for your hospi- ...
... temper and disposition will prove all that his parents can wish . But with much in his horoscope which pro- mises many blessings , there is one evil influence strongly afford an opportunity of showing my gratitude for your hospi- ...
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... wish to see plash in a salt - water dub ; and little curlie Godfrey - that's the eldest , the come o ' will , as I may say he's on board an excise yacht- I hae a cousin at the board of excise - that's Commissioner Bertram ; he got his ...
... wish to see plash in a salt - water dub ; and little curlie Godfrey - that's the eldest , the come o ' will , as I may say he's on board an excise yacht- I hae a cousin at the board of excise - that's Commissioner Bertram ; he got his ...
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... wish . Here then , and with thee , Sophia ! — - We shall not pursue a lover's day - dream any farther . Man- nering stood a minute with his arms folded , and then turned to the ruined castle . On entering the gateway , he found that the ...
... wish . Here then , and with thee , Sophia ! — - We shall not pursue a lover's day - dream any farther . Man- nering stood a minute with his arms folded , and then turned to the ruined castle . On entering the gateway , he found that the ...
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... wish ye could have heard my father's stories about the auld fights of the Mac - Dingawaies that ' s the Ber- trams that now is wi ' the Irish , and wi ' the Highlanders , that came here in their berlings from Ilay and Cantire - and how ...
... wish ye could have heard my father's stories about the auld fights of the Mac - Dingawaies that ' s the Ber- trams that now is wi ' the Irish , and wi ' the Highlanders , that came here in their berlings from Ilay and Cantire - and how ...
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... wish you would dispense with my replying to your question . " It was easy to see that this evasive answer only rendered the Laird's curiosity more uncontrollable . Mannering , however , was determined in his own mind , not to expose the ...
... wish you would dispense with my replying to your question . " It was easy to see that this evasive answer only rendered the Laird's curiosity more uncontrollable . Mannering , however , was determined in his own mind , not to expose the ...
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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