Guy Mannering, Or, The AstrologerBernhard Tauchnitz, 1846 - 467 pages |
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... appearance of his guest , and apologized to him for a certain degree of confusion which must unavoidably attend his reception , and could not escape his eye . The lady of the house was , he said , confined to her apart- ment , and on ...
... appearance of his guest , and apologized to him for a certain degree of confusion which must unavoidably attend his reception , and could not escape his eye . The lady of the house was , he said , confined to her apart- ment , and on ...
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... appearance , at least to the prey whom its meshes surrounded . He had not power to explain the assurance of pardon which he continued to assert , or to name the victorious name in which he trusted . But his faith did not abandon him ...
... appearance , at least to the prey whom its meshes surrounded . He had not power to explain the assurance of pardon which he continued to assert , or to name the victorious name in which he trusted . But his faith did not abandon him ...
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... appearance . The following account of her is extracted from the letter of a friend , who for many years enjoyed frequent and favourable opportunities of observing the characteristic peculiari- ties of the Yetholm tribes : ' Madge Gordon ...
... appearance . The following account of her is extracted from the letter of a friend , who for many years enjoyed frequent and favourable opportunities of observing the characteristic peculiari- ties of the Yetholm tribes : ' Madge Gordon ...
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... appearance of a gentleman , these cross in- terrogatories were usually put in the form of a case supposed , as , " Ye ' ll hae been at the auld abbey o ' Halycross , Sir ? there ' s mony English gentlemen gang to see that . " - Or ...
... appearance of a gentleman , these cross in- terrogatories were usually put in the form of a case supposed , as , " Ye ' ll hae been at the auld abbey o ' Halycross , Sir ? there ' s mony English gentlemen gang to see that . " - Or ...
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... appearance , gleamed on a turreted and apparently a ruined mansion , of considerable ex- tent . Mannering fixed his eyes upon it with a disconsolate sen- sation . " Why , my little fellow , " he said , " this is a ruin , not a house ...
... appearance , gleamed on a turreted and apparently a ruined mansion , of considerable ex- tent . Mannering fixed his eyes upon it with a disconsolate sen- sation . " Why , my little fellow , " he said , " this is a ruin , not a house ...
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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