Guy Mannering Or, the Astrologer |
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... poor youth must undergo more and more desperate struggles with the evil that assailed him . There was no hope of remedy , save that he showed steadi- ness of mind in the study of the Scriptures . " He suffers , " conti- nued the letter ...
... poor youth must undergo more and more desperate struggles with the evil that assailed him . There was no hope of remedy , save that he showed steadi- ness of mind in the study of the Scriptures . " He suffers , " conti- nued the letter ...
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... poor man , whose rent ( to lose which would have been ruin ) was about his person . near . ' " Jean set up a loud shout of joyful recognition — ' Eh , Sirs ! the winsome Gudeman of Lochside ! Light down , light down ; for ye maunna gang ...
... poor man , whose rent ( to lose which would have been ruin ) was about his person . near . ' " Jean set up a loud shout of joyful recognition — ' Eh , Sirs ! the winsome Gudeman of Lochside ! Light down , light down ; for ye maunna gang ...
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... poor farmer made a virtue of necessity , told his story , and surrendered his gold to Jean's custody . She made him put a few shillings in his pocket , ob- serving it would excite suspicion should he be found travelling altogether ...
... poor farmer made a virtue of necessity , told his story , and surrendered his gold to Jean's custody . She made him put a few shillings in his pocket , ob- serving it would excite suspicion should he be found travelling altogether ...
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... poor Jean was in many respects wholly undeserving . She had , among other demerits , or merits , as the reader may choose to rank it , that of being a stanch Jacobite . She chanced to be at Carlisle upon a fair or market - day , soon ...
... poor Jean was in many respects wholly undeserving . She had , among other demerits , or merits , as the reader may choose to rank it , that of being a stanch Jacobite . She chanced to be at Carlisle upon a fair or market - day , soon ...
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... poor modest humble scholar , who has won his way through the classics , yet has fallen to leeward in the voyage of life , is no uncommon per- sonage in a country , where a certain portion of learning is casily attained by those who are ...
... poor modest humble scholar , who has won his way through the classics , yet has fallen to leeward in the voyage of life , is no uncommon per- sonage in a country , where a certain portion of learning is casily attained by those who are ...
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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 e'en 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 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