Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 2James Ballantyne and Company For Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; and Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh., 1815 - Astrologers - 358 pages |
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... Glossin , I think . " " Glossin - Gibbie Glossin ! -that I have carried in my creels a hundred times , for his mother was nae muckle better than mysell he to presume to buy the barony of Ellangowan ! -Gude be wi ' us - it is an awfu ...
... Glossin , I think . " " Glossin - Gibbie Glossin ! -that I have carried in my creels a hundred times , for his mother was nae muckle better than mysell he to presume to buy the barony of Ellangowan ! -Gude be wi ' us - it is an awfu ...
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... Glossin , Esquire , late writer in now Laird of Ellangowan , and one of the worshipful commission of justices of the peace for the county of . His mo- tives for exertion upon this occasion were manifold ; but we presume that our read ...
... Glossin , Esquire , late writer in now Laird of Ellangowan , and one of the worshipful commission of justices of the peace for the county of . His mo- tives for exertion upon this occasion were manifold ; but we presume that our read ...
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... Glossin ; -with them he was bare Glossin , and so incredibly was his vanity interested by this trifling circumstance , that he was known to give half - a - crown to a beggar , because he had thrice called him Ellan- gowan , in ...
... Glossin ; -with them he was bare Glossin , and so incredibly was his vanity interested by this trifling circumstance , that he was known to give half - a - crown to a beggar , because he had thrice called him Ellan- gowan , in ...
Page 168
... wood's wound , appeared to Glossin a proper opportunity to impress upon the country at large the service which could be rendered by an active magistrate , ( for 14 he had been in the commission for some time ) 168 GUY MANNERING .
... wood's wound , appeared to Glossin a proper opportunity to impress upon the country at large the service which could be rendered by an active magistrate , ( for 14 he had been in the commission for some time ) 168 GUY MANNERING .
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... Glossin be more successful than his own . Actuated by motives so stimulating , and well acquainted with the lower retainers of the law , Glossin set every spring in mo tion to detect and apprehend , if possible , some of the gang who ...
... Glossin be more successful than his own . Actuated by motives so stimulating , and well acquainted with the lower retainers of the law , Glossin set every spring in mo tion to detect and apprehend , if possible , some of the gang who ...
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Page 165 - A man may see how this world goes, with no eyes. Look with thine ears: see how yon' justice rails upon yon' simple thief. Hark, in thine ear: Change places; and, handydandy, which is the justice, which is the thief?
Page 119 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate.
Page 290 - A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason ; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
Page 278 - Dark but not awful, dismal but yet mean, With anxious bustle moves the cumbrous scene; Presents no objects tender or profound, But spreads its cold unmeaning gloom around.