Guy Mannering, Or, The AstrologerBernhard Tauchnitz, 1846 - 467 pages |
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Page 15
... Sampson , the reader may easily suppose that a poor modest humble scholar , who has won his way through the classics , yet has fallen to leeward in the voyage of life , is no uncommon per- sonage in a country , where a certain portion ...
... Sampson , the reader may easily suppose that a poor modest humble scholar , who has won his way through the classics , yet has fallen to leeward in the voyage of life , is no uncommon per- sonage in a country , where a certain portion ...
Page 16
... Sampson uses to Miss Bertram , and professed his determination not to leave her . Accordingly , roused to the ... Sampson's real story , in which there is neither romantic incident nor sentimental passion ; but which , perhaps , from the ...
... Sampson uses to Miss Bertram , and professed his determination not to leave her . Accordingly , roused to the ... Sampson's real story , in which there is neither romantic incident nor sentimental passion ; but which , perhaps , from the ...
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... Sampson , commonly called , from his occupation as a pedagogue , Dominie Sampson . He was of low birth , but having evinced , even from his cradle , an uncom- mon seriousness of disposition , the poor parents were encouraged to hope ...
... Sampson , commonly called , from his occupation as a pedagogue , Dominie Sampson . He was of low birth , but having evinced , even from his cradle , an uncom- mon seriousness of disposition , the poor parents were encouraged to hope ...
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... Sampson either exhibited irritability at this ill usage , or made the least attempt to retort upon his tormentors . He slunk from college by the most secret paths he could discover , and plunged himself into his miserable lodging ...
... Sampson either exhibited irritability at this ill usage , or made the least attempt to retort upon his tormentors . He slunk from college by the most secret paths he could discover , and plunged himself into his miserable lodging ...
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... Sampson . Conversation , it is true , was out of the question , but the Dominie was a good listener , and stirred the fire with some address . He attempted even to snuff the candles , but was unsuccessful , and relinquished that ...
... Sampson . Conversation , it is true , was out of the question , but the Dominie was a good listener , and stirred the fire with some address . He attempted even to snuff the candles , but was unsuccessful , and relinquished that ...
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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 suppose tell there's thing thought tion turned Vanbeest Brown voice Warroch weel window woman wood Woodbourne young Hazlewood young lady younker