Guy ManneringFields, Osgood, 1871 - Scotland |
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... seen it . The scheme projected may be traced in the three or four first chapters of the work , but farther consideration induced the author to lay his purpose aside . It appeared , on mature consideration , that Astrology , though its ...
... seen it . The scheme projected may be traced in the three or four first chapters of the work , but farther consideration induced the author to lay his purpose aside . It appeared , on mature consideration , that Astrology , though its ...
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... seen her for years ; and to meet with such a character in so solitary a place , and probably at no great distance from her clan , was a grievous surprise to the poor man , whose rent ( to lose which would have been ruin ) was about his ...
... seen her for years ; and to meet with such a character in so solitary a place , and probably at no great distance from her clan , was a grievous surprise to the poor man , whose rent ( to lose which would have been ruin ) was about his ...
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... seen . Weary fa ' the waefu ' wuddie , a grand - daughter survived her whom I remember to have That is , as Dr. Johnson had a shadowy recollec- tion of Queen Anne , as a stately lady in black , adorned with diamonds , so my memory is ...
... seen . Weary fa ' the waefu ' wuddie , a grand - daughter survived her whom I remember to have That is , as Dr. Johnson had a shadowy recollec- tion of Queen Anne , as a stately lady in black , adorned with diamonds , so my memory is ...
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... seen upwards of two hundred Lingtowmen assemble at one time , and go off into the interior of the country , fully laden with contraband goods . In those halcyon days of the free trade , the fixed price for carrying a box of tea , or ...
... seen upwards of two hundred Lingtowmen assemble at one time , and go off into the interior of the country , fully laden with contraband goods . In those halcyon days of the free trade , the fixed price for carrying a box of tea , or ...
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... seen for many a year . 8 . Then having leave , away he went , Not dreaming of the false intent That was contrived against him then , By wicked , false , deceitful men . 9 . They had in his portmanteau put This noble Lord's fine golden ...
... seen for many a year . 8 . Then having leave , away he went , Not dreaming of the false intent That was contrived against him then , By wicked , false , deceitful men . 9 . They had in his portmanteau put This noble Lord's fine golden ...
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Allonby answered appearance Astrologer auld Aweel bairn better called Captain castle character Charles Hazlewood circumstances 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 Guy Mannering hand head heard honour hope horse Jean Gordon Julia justice Kennedy Kippletringan Laird land Liddesdale light look Lord Lucy Bertram lugger Mac-Candlish Mac-Guffog Mac-Morlan mair Mannering's Matilda maun Merrilies mind Miss Bertram Miss Mannering morning muckle 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 thought tion turned voice Warroch weel window woman wood Woodbourne ye'll young Hazlewood young lady younker