Guy Mannering, Or, The AstrologerBernhard Tauchnitz, 1846 - 467 pages |
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... once his bodily health , and the stability of his mind . The Astrologer was consulted by letter , and returned for answer , that this fitful state of mind was but the commencement of his trial , and that the poor youth must undergo more ...
... once his bodily health , and the stability of his mind . The Astrologer was consulted by letter , and returned for answer , that this fitful state of mind was but the commencement of his trial , and that the poor youth must undergo more ...
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... once received and admitted by Bacon himself , does not now retain influence over the general mind sufficient even to constitute the mainspring of a romance . Besides , it occurred , that to do justice to such a subject would have ...
... once received and admitted by Bacon himself , does not now retain influence over the general mind sufficient even to constitute the mainspring of a romance . Besides , it occurred , that to do justice to such a subject would have ...
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... once be- longed , had guided him to a place of shelter ; and when he knocked at the door , it was opened by Jean Gordon . Her very remarkable figure , for she was nearly six feet high , and her equally remarkable features and dress ...
... once be- longed , had guided him to a place of shelter ; and when he knocked at the door , it was opened by Jean Gordon . Her very remarkable figure , for she was nearly six feet high , and her equally remarkable features and dress ...
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... once in his life ; and on that memorable occasion his landlady miscarried , partly through surprise at the event itself , and partly from terror at the hideous grimaces which attended this unusual cachinnation . The only effect which ...
... once in his life ; and on that memorable occasion his landlady miscarried , partly through surprise at the event itself , and partly from terror at the hideous grimaces which attended this unusual cachinnation . The only effect which ...
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... once before tried a similar piece of foolery , at the instance of Sophia Well- wood , the young lady to whom he was attached , and that a similar conjunction of planetary influence threatened her with death , or imprisonment , in her ...
... once before tried a similar piece of foolery , at the instance of Sophia Well- wood , the young lady to whom he was attached , and that a similar conjunction of planetary influence threatened her with death , or imprisonment , in her ...
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