Guy ManneringGinn, 1923 - 516 страници The tale was originally told me by an old servant of my father's, an excellent old Highlander, without a fault. He believed as firmly in the story as in any part of his creed. A grave and elderly person, according to old John MacKinlay's account, while traveling in the wilder parts of Galloway, was benighted. With difficulty he found his way to a country seat, where he was readily admitted. The owner of the house was much struck by the reverend appearance of his guest, and apologized to him for a certain degree of confusion which must unavoidably attend his reception. The lady of the house was, he said, confined to her apartment, and on the point of making her husband a father for the first time. Not so, sir, said the stranger; my wants are few, and easily supplied, and I trust the present circumstances may even afford an opportunity of showing my gratitude for your hospitality. Let me only request that I may be informed of the exact minute of the birth. I will not conceal from you that I am skillful in understanding and interpreting the movements of those planetary bodies which exert their influences on the destiny of mortals. competent estate, and only use the knowledge I possess for the benefit of those in whom I feel an interest... |
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... Castle , on the coast of the Mearns , and there broke his neck in an attempt to escape from a subterranean habitation called the Whig's Vault , in which he was con- fined with some eighty of the same persuasion . The ap- prizer ...
... Castle , on the coast of the Mearns , and there broke his neck in an attempt to escape from a subterranean habitation called the Whig's Vault , in which he was con- fined with some eighty of the same persuasion . The ap- prizer ...
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... castle , where the family lived in their decadence , as a mouse ( said an old farmer ) lives under a firlot . Pulling down part of these venerable ruins , he built with the stones a narrow house of three storeys high , with a front like ...
... castle , where the family lived in their decadence , as a mouse ( said an old farmer ) lives under a firlot . Pulling down part of these venerable ruins , he built with the stones a narrow house of three storeys high , with a front like ...
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... castle were situated . The wind had arisen , and swept before it the clouds which had formerly obscured the sky . The moon was high , and at the full , and all the lesser satellites of heaven shone forth in cloudless efful- gence . The ...
... castle were situated . The wind had arisen , and swept before it the clouds which had formerly obscured the sky . The moon was high , and at the full , and all the lesser satellites of heaven shone forth in cloudless efful- gence . The ...
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... castle . It consisted of two massive round towers , project- ing , deeply and darkly , at the extreme angles of a curtain , or flat wall , which united them , and thus protecting the main entrance , that opened through a lofty arch in ...
... castle . It consisted of two massive round towers , project- ing , deeply and darkly , at the extreme angles of a curtain , or flat wall , which united them , and thus protecting the main entrance , that opened through a lofty arch in ...
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... castle was by far the most extensive and important of these ruins , and asserted , from size and situation , the superiority which its founders were said once to have possessed among the chiefs and nobles of the district . In other ...
... castle was by far the most extensive and important of these ruins , and asserted , from size and situation , the superiority which its founders were said once to have possessed among the chiefs and nobles of the district . In other ...
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