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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... morning , the scene an open heath , having for the back - ground that huge chain of mountains in which Skiddaw and Saddleback are pre - eminent ; let him look along that blind road , by which I mean that track so slightly marked by the ...
... morning , the scene an open heath , having for the back - ground that huge chain of mountains in which Skiddaw and Saddleback are pre - eminent ; let him look along that blind road , by which I mean that track so slightly marked by the ...
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... change of linen in the other , an oaken cudgel in his hand , complete our pedestrian's accommodations , and in this equipage we present him to our readers . Brown had parted that morning from his friend Dudley , 4 GUY MANNERING .
... change of linen in the other , an oaken cudgel in his hand , complete our pedestrian's accommodations , and in this equipage we present him to our readers . Brown had parted that morning from his friend Dudley , 4 GUY MANNERING .
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Walter Scott. Brown had parted that morning from his friend Dudley , and begun his solitary walk towards Scotland . The first two or three miles were rather melancholy , from want of the society to which he had of late been accustomed ...
Walter Scott. Brown had parted that morning from his friend Dudley , and begun his solitary walk towards Scotland . The first two or three miles were rather melancholy , from want of the society to which he had of late been accustomed ...
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... morning wi ' the callant ? " • &廉 The galloway was turned out upon the fell , and was swear to catch " Aweel , aweel , there's nae help for't , but come up the morn at ony rate . And now , güde- wife , I maun ride , to get to the ...
... morning wi ' the callant ? " • &廉 The galloway was turned out upon the fell , and was swear to catch " Aweel , aweel , there's nae help for't , but come up the morn at ony rate . And now , güde- wife , I maun ride , to get to the ...
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... morning , and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend . All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house ; a paltry garden , no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable , and a total absence of ...
... morning , and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend . All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house ; a paltry garden , no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable , and a total absence of ...
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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.