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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... keep up " No unless ye can walk up to fourteen mile an hour - But ye can come ower the night as far as Riccarton , where there is a public - or if ye like to stop at Jockey Grieve's at the Heuch , they would be blithe to see ye , and I ...
... keep up " No unless ye can walk up to fourteen mile an hour - But ye can come ower the night as far as Riccarton , where there is a public - or if ye like to stop at Jockey Grieve's at the Heuch , they would be blithe to see ye , and I ...
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... keep canny in the bush -so there's no muckle hazard o ' scouring the cramp - ring . - I would like to see bonny Ellangowan again or I die . " Brown , meanwhile , proceeded at a round pace along the moorish track called the Waste of ...
... keep canny in the bush -so there's no muckle hazard o ' scouring the cramp - ring . - I would like to see bonny Ellangowan again or I die . " Brown , meanwhile , proceeded at a round pace along the moorish track called the Waste of ...
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... of life . Their houses are more commodious , their habits of life re- gulated so as better to keep pace with those of the civilized world , and the best of luxuries , the luxury of knowledge , has gained GUY MANNERING . 37 CHAPTER III. ...
... of life . Their houses are more commodious , their habits of life re- gulated so as better to keep pace with those of the civilized world , and the best of luxuries , the luxury of knowledge , has gained GUY MANNERING . 37 CHAPTER III. ...
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... keep every thing in its right place . Some contusions on the brow and shoulders she fomented with brandy , which the patient did not permit till the medicine had paid a heavy toll to his mouth . Mrs Dinmont then simply , but candidly ...
... keep every thing in its right place . Some contusions on the brow and shoulders she fomented with brandy , which the patient did not permit till the medicine had paid a heavy toll to his mouth . Mrs Dinmont then simply , but candidly ...
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... keep beneath his master's chair , to a share of a dried wedder's skin , which , with the wool uppermost , and unshorn , served all the purposes of a Bristol hearth - rug . The active bustle of the mistress ( so she 16 was called in the ...
... keep beneath his master's chair , to a share of a dried wedder's skin , which , with the wool uppermost , and unshorn , served all the purposes of a Bristol hearth - rug . The active bustle of the mistress ( so she 16 was called in the ...
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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.