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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... least , and perhaps of charity . He hastened to his name was Brown , a captain in the say regiment of cavalry , travelling for pleasure , and upon foot , both from mo- tives of independence and economy ; and he begged his kind landlady ...
... least , and perhaps of charity . He hastened to his name was Brown , a captain in the say regiment of cavalry , travelling for pleasure , and upon foot , both from mo- tives of independence and economy ; and he begged his kind landlady ...
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... as we have said , was very narrow , but of profound depth , the hunters on horse and foot ranged themselves ; almost every farmer had with him at least a brace of large and fierce greyhounds , of the race of those GUY MANNERING , 55.
... as we have said , was very narrow , but of profound depth , the hunters on horse and foot ranged themselves ; almost every farmer had with him at least a brace of large and fierce greyhounds , of the race of those GUY MANNERING , 55.
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... least been a path - way , it was now very unequal , and the snow con- cealing those breaches and inequalities , the traveller had one or two falls in con- sequence . He began now to think of turn- ing 82 GUY MANNERING .
... least been a path - way , it was now very unequal , and the snow con- cealing those breaches and inequalities , the traveller had one or two falls in con- sequence . He began now to think of turn- ing 82 GUY MANNERING .
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... least . A cask or two , with some broken boxes and pack- ages , lay about the place in confusion . But the inmates chiefly occupied Brown's attention . Upon a lair composed of straw , with a blanket stretched over it , lay a fi gure ...
... least . A cask or two , with some broken boxes and pack- ages , lay about the place in confusion . But the inmates chiefly occupied Brown's attention . Upon a lair composed of straw , with a blanket stretched over it , lay a fi gure ...
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... least offensive . " ' A does not mind wind and weather- ' A has had many a north - easter in his day . " " He had his last yesterday , " said an- other gruffly , " and now old Meg may pray for his last fair wind , as she's often done ...
... least offensive . " ' A does not mind wind and weather- ' A has had many a north - easter in his day . " " He had his last yesterday , " said an- other gruffly , " and now old Meg may pray for his last fair wind , as she's often done ...
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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.