Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 1James Ballantyne and Company For Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; and Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh., 1815 - Astrologers - 358 pages |
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... took place in the seven- teenth century , when the foul fiend pos- sessed them with a spirit of contradiction which uniformly involved them in contro- versy with the ruling powers . They re- versed the conduct of the celebrated vi- car ...
... took place in the seven- teenth century , when the foul fiend pos- sessed them with a spirit of contradiction which uniformly involved them in contro- versy with the ruling powers . They re- versed the conduct of the celebrated vi- car ...
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... took his grey gelding , and join- ed Clavers at Killie - krankie . At the skir- mish of Dunkeld , 1689 , he was shot dead by a Cameronian with a silver button ( be- ing supposed to have proof from the Evil One against lead and steel ...
... took his grey gelding , and join- ed Clavers at Killie - krankie . At the skir- mish of Dunkeld , 1689 , he was shot dead by a Cameronian with a silver button ( be- ing supposed to have proof from the Evil One against lead and steel ...
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... took some land into his own . hand , rented some from neighbouring pro- prietors , bought and sold Highland cattle and Cheviot sheep , rode to fairs and trysts , fought hard bargains , and held necessity at the staff's end as well as he ...
... took some land into his own . hand , rented some from neighbouring pro- prietors , bought and sold Highland cattle and Cheviot sheep , rode to fairs and trysts , fought hard bargains , and held necessity at the staff's end as well as he ...
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... of Com mons - now I should have voted there for the Laird of Balruddery ; but ye see my father was a jacobite , and out with Ken- more , so he never took the oaths ; and I ken not well how it was , but all that 34 GUY MANNERING .
... of Com mons - now I should have voted there for the Laird of Balruddery ; but ye see my father was a jacobite , and out with Ken- more , so he never took the oaths ; and I ken not well how it was , but all that 34 GUY MANNERING .
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... took the spindle , now charged with her labours , and , undoing the thread gradually , measured it , by cast- ing it over her elbow , and bringing each loop round between her fore finger and thumb . When she had measured it out , she ...
... took the spindle , now charged with her labours , and , undoing the thread gradually , measured it , by cast- ing it over her elbow , and bringing each loop round between her fore finger and thumb . When she had measured it out , she ...
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