Guy ManneringJ.M. Dent and Sons, 1912 - 427 pages |
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Page 40
... once shock the universal prejudices of their age , or because they themselves were not altogether freed from the contagious influence of a prevailing superstition . Yet the result of his calculations in these two instances left so ...
... once shock the universal prejudices of their age , or because they themselves were not altogether freed from the contagious influence of a prevailing superstition . Yet the result of his calculations in these two instances left so ...
Page 41
... once to have possessed among the chiefs and nobles of the district . In other places , the shore was of a more gentle description , indented with small bays , where the land sloped smoothly down , or sent into the sea promon- tories ...
... once to have possessed among the chiefs and nobles of the district . In other places , the shore was of a more gentle description , indented with small bays , where the land sloped smoothly down , or sent into the sea promon- tories ...
Page 42
Walter Scott. once lighted the great hall of the castle ; on the other , were various buildings of different heights and dates , yet so united as to present to the eye a certain general effect of uniformity of front . The doors and ...
Walter Scott. once lighted the great hall of the castle ; on the other , were various buildings of different heights and dates , yet so united as to present to the eye a certain general effect of uniformity of front . The doors and ...
Page 52
... once powerful barony . These were so extensive , that by dint of clipping and paring here , adding and eking there , and creating over - lords upon all the estate which Bertram held of the crown , they advanced , at the day of contest ...
... once powerful barony . These were so extensive , that by dint of clipping and paring here , adding and eking there , and creating over - lords upon all the estate which Bertram held of the crown , they advanced , at the day of contest ...
Page 61
... once made a stolen excursion as far as the gipsy hamlet . On these occasions he was generally brought back by Meg Merrilies , who , though she could not be prevailed upon to enter the Place of Ellangowan after her nephew had been given ...
... once made a stolen excursion as far as the gipsy hamlet . On these occasions he was generally brought back by Meg Merrilies , who , though she could not be prevailed upon to enter the Place of Ellangowan after her nephew had been given ...
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