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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... 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.
... 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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... live at - as for example , Tam o ' Todshaw , Will o ' the Flat , Hobbie o ' Sor- bietrees , and our good master here , o ' the Charlies - hope - Aweel , sir , and then the inferior sort o ' people , ye'll observe , are kenn'd by sorts o ...
... live at - as for example , Tam o ' Todshaw , Will o ' the Flat , Hobbie o ' Sor- bietrees , and our good master here , o ' the Charlies - hope - Aweel , sir , and then the inferior sort o ' people , ye'll observe , are kenn'd by sorts o ...
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... lives as hairs . " Brown eagerly looked round for some weapon of defence . There was none He then rushed to the door , with the intention of plunging among the trees , and making his escape by flight , from what he now esteemed a den of ...
... lives as hairs . " Brown eagerly looked round for some weapon of defence . There was none He then rushed to the door , with the intention of plunging among the trees , and making his escape by flight , from what he now esteemed a den of ...
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... live ; -but you - half the country will see how ye'll grace the woodie . " The party set up a hoarse laugh at Meg's prophecy . " What made you come back here ? " said one of the gypsies , " ye auld beldam ? could ye not have staid where ...
... live ; -but you - half the country will see how ye'll grace the woodie . " The party set up a hoarse laugh at Meg's prophecy . " What made you come back here ? " said one of the gypsies , " ye auld beldam ? could ye not have staid where ...
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... live far up the country , and was illustrating them by ma- king drawings on Miss Bertram's work- patterns , three of which he utterly da maged , by introducing among the intrica- cies of the pattern his specimens of oriental costume ...
... live far up the country , and was illustrating them by ma- king drawings on Miss Bertram's work- patterns , three of which he utterly da maged , by introducing among the intrica- cies of the pattern his specimens of oriental costume ...
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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.