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 57
... to another , and cheer- ing the dogs on the scent , the whole so diminished by depth and distance , that they looked like pigmies . Again the mists close over them , and the only signs of their € 2 GUY MANNERING . 57 · ...
... to another , and cheer- ing the dogs on the scent , the whole so diminished by depth and distance , that they looked like pigmies . Again the mists close over them , and the only signs of their € 2 GUY MANNERING . 57 · ...
Page 58
Walter Scott. close over them , and the only signs of their continued exertion are the halloos of the men , and clamours of the hounds , ascend- ing , as it were , out of the bowels of the earth . When the fox , thus persecuted from one ...
Walter Scott. close over them , and the only signs of their continued exertion are the halloos of the men , and clamours of the hounds , ascend- ing , as it were , out of the bowels of the earth . When the fox , thus persecuted from one ...
Page 65
... close to the bank to see the issue of his exertions . The man who held the torch in this instance was the huntsman , whose sulky demean- our Brown had already noticed with sur- prise " Come here , sir ! come here , sir ! look at this ...
... close to the bank to see the issue of his exertions . The man who held the torch in this instance was the huntsman , whose sulky demean- our Brown had already noticed with sur- prise " Come here , sir ! come here , sir ! look at this ...
Page 89
... close and keen glance the features of the expiring man , " He has had a sair strug gle - but it's passing - I kenn'd he wad pass when you came in . That was the death ruckle - he's dead . " - Sounds were now near . heard at a distance ...
... close and keen glance the features of the expiring man , " He has had a sair strug gle - but it's passing - I kenn'd he wad pass when you came in . That was the death ruckle - he's dead . " - Sounds were now near . heard at a distance ...
Page 141
... close and deadly pursuit . My father and Hazlewood hurried to the front door to de- mand who they were , and what was their business . They were revenue officers , they stated , who had seized these horses , load- ed with contraband ...
... close and deadly pursuit . My father and Hazlewood hurried to the front door to de- mand who they were , and what was their business . They were revenue officers , they stated , who had seized these horses , load- ed with contraband ...
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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.