Guy Mannering, Or, The AstrologerBernhard Tauchnitz, 1846 - 467 pages |
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Page 7
... 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 , though he lacked ...
... 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 , though he lacked ...
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... least breach of hospitality . I believe Jean Gordon was at this festival . " ( Blackwood's Magazine , vol . i . p . 54. ) Notwithstanding the failure of Jean's issue , for which Weary fa ' the waefu ' wuddie , a grand - daughter ...
... least breach of hospitality . I believe Jean Gordon was at this festival . " ( Blackwood's Magazine , vol . i . p . 54. ) Notwithstanding the failure of Jean's issue , for which Weary fa ' the waefu ' wuddie , a grand - daughter ...
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... 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 , where , for eighteen pence a - week , he was allowed the benefit of a ...
... 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 , where , for eighteen pence a - week , he was allowed the benefit of a ...
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... least , were co - ordinate with Divine Provi- dence . Well , rest be with him ! he instilled into me enough of knowledge for erecting a scheme of nativity , and therefore will I presently go about it . " So saying , and having noted the ...
... least , were co - ordinate with Divine Provi- dence . Well , rest be with him ! he instilled into me enough of knowledge for erecting a scheme of nativity , and therefore will I presently go about it . " So saying , and having noted the ...
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... circumstances called for a dis- play of generosity ; and this mutual intercourse of good offices , which had been carried on for at least two centuries , rendered the inhabitants of Derncleugh a kind of privileged retainers upon the 59.
... circumstances called for a dis- play of generosity ; and this mutual intercourse of good offices , which had been carried on for at least two centuries , rendered the inhabitants of Derncleugh a kind of privileged retainers upon the 59.
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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