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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Page 255
... Pleydell's , the advo- cate , for whom he had a letter of intro- duction from Mr Mac - Morlan . He then commanded Barnes to have an eye to the Dominie , and walked forth with a chair- man , who was to usher him to the man of law . The ...
... Pleydell's , the advo- cate , for whom he had a letter of intro- duction from Mr Mac - Morlan . He then commanded Barnes to have an eye to the Dominie , and walked forth with a chair- man , who was to usher him to the man of law . The ...
Page 256
... Pleydell , Esq . otherwise a good scholar , an excellent lawyer , and a worthy man . • Under the guidance of his trusty at- tendant , Colonel Mannering , after thread- of livfark lane or two , reached the High- street , then clanging ...
... Pleydell , Esq . otherwise a good scholar , an excellent lawyer , and a worthy man . • Under the guidance of his trusty at- tendant , Colonel Mannering , after thread- of livfark lane or two , reached the High- street , then clanging ...
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... Pleydell would ne'er hae forgien me ! " " Aweel , my doo , the cat's no a prin the waur - so he's no in , ye say ? " " Na , Mr Pleydell's ne'er in the house on Saturday . " " And the morn's Sabbath too , " said the querist ; " I dinna ...
... Pleydell would ne'er hae forgien me ! " " Aweel , my doo , the cat's no a prin the waur - so he's no in , ye say ? " " Na , Mr Pleydell's ne'er in the house on Saturday . " " And the morn's Sabbath too , " said the querist ; " I dinna ...
Page 264
... Pleydell was a lively sharp - looking gentleman , with a professional shrewd- ness in his eye , and , generally speaking , a professional formality in his manners . But this , like his three - tailed wig and black coat , he could slip ...
... Pleydell was a lively sharp - looking gentleman , with a professional shrewd- ness in his eye , and , generally speaking , a professional formality in his manners . But this , like his three - tailed wig and black coat , he could slip ...
Page 265
... Pleydell , such as we have described him , was enthroned , as a mo- narch , in an elbow - chair placed on the dining - table , his scratch - wig on one side , his head crowned with a bottle - slider , hist eye leering with an expression ...
... Pleydell , such as we have described him , was enthroned , as a mo- narch , in an elbow - chair placed on the dining - table , his scratch - wig on one side , his head crowned with a bottle - slider , hist eye leering with an expression ...
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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.