Guy Mannering, Or, The AstrologerBernhard Tauchnitz, 1846 - 467 pages |
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... thing she did or said . She spoke little , and it was on the most serious subjects . She played on the harpsichord at her father's command , but it was hymns with which she accompanied the instrument . At length , on a sign from the ...
... thing she did or said . She spoke little , and it was on the most serious subjects . She played on the harpsichord at her father's command , but it was hymns with which she accompanied the instrument . At length , on a sign from the ...
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... thing to happen in the ordinary train of events , the future would be subject to the rules of arith- metic , like the chances of gaming . But extraordinary events , and wonderful runs of luck , defy the calculations of mankind , and ...
... thing to happen in the ordinary train of events , the future would be subject to the rules of arith- metic , like the chances of gaming . But extraordinary events , and wonderful runs of luck , defy the calculations of mankind , and ...
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... thing , and sate down to the feast , which consisted of all the varieties of game , poultry , pigs , and so forth , that could be collected by a wide and indiscriminate system of plunder . The dinner was a very merry one ; but my ...
... thing , and sate down to the feast , which consisted of all the varieties of game , poultry , pigs , and so forth , that could be collected by a wide and indiscriminate system of plunder . The dinner was a very merry one ; but my ...
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... thing which had still the air of an avenue , though many of the trees were felled . The roar of the ocean was now near and full , and the moon , which began to make her appearance , gleamed on a turreted and apparently a ruined mansion ...
... thing which had still the air of an avenue , though many of the trees were felled . The roar of the ocean was now near and full , and the moon , which began to make her appearance , gleamed on a turreted and apparently a ruined mansion ...
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... thing , an the leddy had been brought - to - bed , and me at the fair o ' Drumshourloch , no kenning , nor dreaming a word about it ? Wha was to hae keepit awa the worriecows , I trow ? Ay , and the elves and gyre - carlings frae the ...
... thing , an the leddy had been brought - to - bed , and me at the fair o ' Drumshourloch , no kenning , nor dreaming a word about it ? Wha was to hae keepit awa the worriecows , I trow ? Ay , and the elves and gyre - carlings frae the ...
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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