Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 1James Ballantyne and Company For Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; and Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh., 1815 - 358 pages |
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Page 61
A scene so different from what last night ' s journey had presaged , produced a
proportional effect upon Mannering . Beneath his eye lay the modern house ; an
awkward mansion , indeed , in point of architecture , but well situated , and with a
...
A scene so different from what last night ' s journey had presaged , produced a
proportional effect upon Mannering . Beneath his eye lay the modern house ; an
awkward mansion , indeed , in point of architecture , but well situated , and with a
...
Page 144
... the rustling of the withered leaves which strewed the glades , the repeated
halloos of the different parties , which often drew them together in expectation of
meeting the objects of their search , gave a cast of dismal sublimity to the scene .
... the rustling of the withered leaves which strewed the glades , the repeated
halloos of the different parties , which often drew them together in expectation of
meeting the objects of their search , gave a cast of dismal sublimity to the scene .
Page 213
It is disgusting also , to see the scenes of domestic society and seclusion thrown
open to the gaze of the curious and the ... All these are ordinary effects of such a
scene as Ellangowan now presented ; but the moral feeling , that , in this case ...
It is disgusting also , to see the scenes of domestic society and seclusion thrown
open to the gaze of the curious and the ... All these are ordinary effects of such a
scene as Ellangowan now presented ; but the moral feeling , that , in this case ...
Page 273
But , alas ! my dearest Matilda , how would time pass away , even in this paradise
of romance , tenanted as it is by a pair assorting so ill with the scenes around
them , were it not for your fidelity in replying to my uninteresting details ? Pray do
...
But , alas ! my dearest Matilda , how would time pass away , even in this paradise
of romance , tenanted as it is by a pair assorting so ill with the scenes around
them , were it not for your fidelity in replying to my uninteresting details ? Pray do
...
Page 275
I had left my window partly unbarred , that , before I went to bed , I might ,
according to my custom , look out and see the moon - light shining upon the lake ;
I was deeply en . gaged with that beautiful scene in the merchant of Venice ,
where two ...
I had left my window partly unbarred , that , before I went to bed , I might ,
according to my custom , look out and see the moon - light shining upon the lake ;
I was deeply en . gaged with that beautiful scene in the merchant of Venice ,
where two ...
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| Title | Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 1 Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Contributors | James Ballantyne and Co, Archibald Constable & Co, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | James Ballantyne and Company For Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; and Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh., 1815 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 358 pages |
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