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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... their intermixture with vagrants and criminals , who make this wild country a refuge from justice . So much were the men of these districts in early times the objects of suspicion and dislike to their 24 GUY MANNERING .
... their intermixture with vagrants and criminals , who make this wild country a refuge from justice . So much were the men of these districts in early times the objects of suspicion and dislike to their 24 GUY MANNERING .
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... justice of peace , and to place in his hands the trea- sure of which he had thus unexpectedly become the depository , telling , at the same time , his own remarkable story . But a moment's consideration : brought several objections to ...
... justice of peace , and to place in his hands the trea- sure of which he had thus unexpectedly become the depository , telling , at the same time , his own remarkable story . But a moment's consideration : brought several objections to ...
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... , as well as if it were real gold from Ophir ' - Indeed it would be odd if it should not , being formed in fact of that very metal ; but , to do this honest creature justice , I believe the knowledge GUY MANNERING . 149.
... , as well as if it were real gold from Ophir ' - Indeed it would be odd if it should not , being formed in fact of that very metal ; but , to do this honest creature justice , I believe the knowledge GUY MANNERING . 149.
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Walter Scott. do this honest creature justice , I believe the knowledge of its real value would not enhance his sense of my father's kindness , supposing it , as he does , to be pinchbeck gilded . He has had a hard task replacing the ...
Walter Scott. do this honest creature justice , I believe the knowledge of its real value would not enhance his sense of my father's kindness , supposing it , as he does , to be pinchbeck gilded . He has had a hard task replacing the ...
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... , for the purpose of justice , is not ( thank Heaven ) of an in- timate nature . The consequences of his being apprehended would be terrible at this moment . I endeavour to strengthen my mind by arguing GUY MANNERING . 163.
... , for the purpose of justice , is not ( thank Heaven ) of an in- timate nature . The consequences of his being apprehended would be terrible at this moment . I endeavour to strengthen my mind by arguing GUY MANNERING . 163.
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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.