Guy Mannering: Or, The Astrologer |
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Page 15
... less beautiful character , they have , even in modern days , retained some votaries . One of the most remarkable believers in that forgotten and despised science , was a late eminent professor of the art of legerdemain . One would have ...
... less beautiful character , they have , even in modern days , retained some votaries . One of the most remarkable believers in that forgotten and despised science , was a late eminent professor of the art of legerdemain . One would have ...
Page 37
... less effulgence . The scene which their light presented to Man- nering was in the highest degree unexpected and striking . We have observed , that in the latter part of his journey our traveller approached the sea - shore , without ...
... less effulgence . The scene which their light presented to Man- nering was in the highest degree unexpected and striking . We have observed , that in the latter part of his journey our traveller approached the sea - shore , without ...
Page 56
... less favorably distin- guished by a subsequent law , which rendered the character of gypsy equal , in the judicial balance , to that of common and habitual thief , and prescribed his punishment accordingly . Notwithstanding the severity ...
... less favorably distin- guished by a subsequent law , which rendered the character of gypsy equal , in the judicial balance , to that of common and habitual thief , and prescribed his punishment accordingly . Notwithstanding the severity ...
Page 73
... less interested , rushed into a tumultuary discussion of chances and possibilities . Each gave his opinion , and each was alternately swayed by that of the others . Some thought the objects of their search had gone aboard the sloop ...
... less interested , rushed into a tumultuary discussion of chances and possibilities . Each gave his opinion , and each was alternately swayed by that of the others . Some thought the objects of their search had gone aboard the sloop ...
Page 77
... less visibly marked , guided the sagacious in- vestigator to the verge of the copsewood , which in that place crept high up the bank towards the top of the precipice . With patience and perseverance , they traced these marks into the ...
... less visibly marked , guided the sagacious in- vestigator to the verge of the copsewood , which in that place crept high up the bank towards the top of the precipice . With patience and perseverance , they traced these marks into the ...
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