Guy Mannering, Or, The AstrologerBernhard Tauchnitz, 1846 - 467 pages |
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... soon be given to the public . The fact , if truly reported , is one of those singular coinci- dences which occasionally appear , differing so widely from ordi- nary calculation , yet without which irregularities , human life would not ...
... soon be given to the public . The fact , if truly reported , is one of those singular coinci- dences which occasionally appear , differing so widely from ordi- nary calculation , yet without which irregularities , human life would not ...
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... soon home . The poor farmer made a virtue of necessity , told his story , and surrendered his gold to Jean's custody . She made him put a few shillings in his pocket , ob- serving it would excite suspicion should he be found travelling ...
... soon home . The poor farmer made a virtue of necessity , told his story , and surrendered his gold to Jean's custody . She made him put a few shillings in his pocket , ob- serving it would excite suspicion should he be found travelling ...
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... soon after the year 1746 , where she gave vent to her political partiality , to the great offence of the rabble of that city . Being zealous in their loyalty , when there was no danger , in proportion to the tameness with which they had ...
... soon after the year 1746 , where she gave vent to her political partiality , to the great offence of the rabble of that city . Being zealous in their loyalty , when there was no danger , in proportion to the tameness with which they had ...
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... soon seen . De- prived of Laird Lewis's personal and active superintendence , ali his undertakings miscarried , and became either abortive or pe- rilous . Without a single spark of energy to meet or repel these misfortunes , Godfrey put ...
... soon seen . De- prived of Laird Lewis's personal and active superintendence , ali his undertakings miscarried , and became either abortive or pe- rilous . Without a single spark of energy to meet or repel these misfortunes , Godfrey put ...
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... soon had plenty of scholars , but very few fees . In fact , he taught the sons of farmers for what they chose to give him , and the poor for nothing ; and , to the shame of the former be it spoken , the pedagogue's gains never equalled ...
... soon had plenty of scholars , but very few fees . In fact , he taught the sons of farmers for what they chose to give him , and the poor for nothing ; and , to the shame of the former be it spoken , the pedagogue's gains never equalled ...
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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