Guy Mannering, Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1857 - Scotland |
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... lady of the house was , he said , confined to her apartment , and on the point of making her husband a father for the first time , though they had been ten years married . At such an emergency , the Laird said , he feared his apparent ...
... lady of the house was , he said , confined to her apartment , and on the point of making her husband a father for the first time , though they had been ten years married . At such an emergency , the Laird said , he feared his apparent ...
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... lady while his boy was still in infancy . This calamity , I think , had been predicted by the Astrologer ; and thus his confidence , which , like most people of the period , he had freely given to the science , was riveted and confirmed ...
... lady while his boy was still in infancy . This calamity , I think , had been predicted by the Astrologer ; and thus his confidence , which , like most people of the period , he had freely given to the science , was riveted and confirmed ...
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... lady about eighteen years of age , and so lovely , that the sight of her carried off the feelings of the young stranger from the peculiarity and mystery of his own lot , and riveted his attention to every thing she did or said . She ...
... lady about eighteen years of age , and so lovely , that the sight of her carried off the feelings of the young stranger from the peculiarity and mystery of his own lot , and riveted his attention to every thing she did or said . She ...
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... lady about eighteen years of age , and so lovely , that the sight of her carried off the feelings of the young stranger from the peculiarity and mystery of his own lot , and riveted his attention to every thing she did or said . She ...
... lady about eighteen years of age , and so lovely , that the sight of her carried off the feelings of the young stranger from the peculiarity and mystery of his own lot , and riveted his attention to every thing she did or said . She ...
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... lady . " Jean left him in no doubt on the subject . She brought to his recollection the story of the stolen sow , and mentioned how much pain and vexation it had given her . Like other philosophers , she remarked that the world grew ...
... lady . " Jean left him in no doubt on the subject . She brought to his recollection the story of the stolen sow , and mentioned how much pain and vexation it had given her . Like other philosophers , she remarked that the world grew ...
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Annesley answered appearance Astrologer auld bairn better Bewcastle Brown called cant language castle character Charles Hazlewood Charlies-hope child circumstances Colonel Mannering Dandie daughter dear Dinmont Dirk Hatteraick Dominie Sampson door e'en Ellangowan farmer father fear feelings flageolet fortune frae Frank Kennedy Galloway gentleman gipsy Glossin gude gudewife guest Guy Mannering hame hand Hazlewood head heard heart honour hope horse hospitality Jean Jean Gordon Julia Kippletringan Laird land landlady light look Lord Lucy Bertram lugger Mac-Candlish Mac-Morlan mair Mannering's Matilda maun Merrilies Mervyn mind Miss Bertram Miss Mannering morning muckle never night observed occasion ower parlour person poor portmanteau postilion precentor reader road round ruins scene Scotland seemed story stranger supposed sure tell there's thought tion turned Warroch weel Willie Marshal woman wood Woodbourne young lady