OR

The Astrologer

BY

SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART.

WITH INTRODUCTORY ESSAY AND NOTES

BY ANDREW LANG

TEN ETCHINGS

VOLUME I.

LONDON

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GUY MANNERING;

OR,

THE ASTROLOGER.

'T is said that words and signs have power

O'er sprites in planetary hour;

But scarce I praise their venturous part
Who tamper with such dangerous art.

Lay of the Last Minstrel.