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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... answered a ' my questions , and never speired wherefore I asked them , I'll gie you a bit canny advice , and ye mauna speir what for neither . Tib Mumps will be out wi ' the stirrup - dram in a gliffing - She'll ask ye whether ye gang ...
... answered a ' my questions , and never speired wherefore I asked them , I'll gie you a bit canny advice , and ye mauna speir what for neither . Tib Mumps will be out wi ' the stirrup - dram in a gliffing - She'll ask ye whether ye gang ...
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... answered , the latter and , having bid Brown good - bye , and again told him , " he depended on seeing him at Charlies - hope , the morn at latest , " he rode off at a round pace . ; CHAPTER II . Gallows and knock are too powerful on ...
... answered , the latter and , having bid Brown good - bye , and again told him , " he depended on seeing him at Charlies - hope , the morn at latest , " he rode off at a round pace . ; CHAPTER II . Gallows and knock are too powerful on ...
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... answered the pro- prietor , Dumple could carry six folk , if his back was lang aneugh - but God's sake haste ye , get on , for I see some folk co- ming through the slack yonder , that it may be just as weel no to wait for . " Brown was ...
... answered the pro- prietor , Dumple could carry six folk , if his back was lang aneugh - but God's sake haste ye , get on , for I see some folk co- ming through the slack yonder , that it may be just as weel no to wait for . " Brown was ...
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... answered the hardy farmer ; " the best way's to let the blood barken upon the cut - that saves plaisters , hinney . " Brown , who in his military profession had seen a great many hard blows pass , could not help remarking , " he had ...
... answered the hardy farmer ; " the best way's to let the blood barken upon the cut - that saves plaisters , hinney . " Brown , who in his military profession had seen a great many hard blows pass , could not help remarking , " he had ...
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... an actual live captain , she was in some danger of forget- ting , ) Brown took an opportunity to ask his host , whether he did not repent of ha- ving neglected the gypsey's hint . • " they're " Wha kens ? " answered he ; GUY MANNERING . 45.
... an actual live captain , she was in some danger of forget- ting , ) Brown took an opportunity to ask his host , whether he did not repent of ha- ving neglected the gypsey's hint . • " they're " Wha kens ? " answered he ; GUY MANNERING . 45.
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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.