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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... observed , behave themselves " distinctly . " For the same reason , but with less ceremony , all the dogs were kicked out , excepting the ve- nerable patriarchs , old Pepper and Mus- tard , whom frequent castigation and the advance of ...
... observed , behave themselves " distinctly . " For the same reason , but with less ceremony , all the dogs were kicked out , excepting the ve- nerable patriarchs , old Pepper and Mus- tard , whom frequent castigation and the advance of ...
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... observations on the success of the day , Brown gave him a trifling gratuity , and rode on with his landlord . They found the goodwife prepared for their re- ception - the fold and the poultry - yard fur- nished the entertainment , and ...
... observations on the success of the day , Brown gave him a trifling gratuity , and rode on with his landlord . They found the goodwife prepared for their re- ception - the fold and the poultry - yard fur- nished the entertainment , and ...
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... observed the effect produced by the strong red glare on the romantic banks under which the boat glided . Now the light diminished to a distant star that seemed to twinkle on the waters , like those which , according to " the legends of ...
... observed the effect produced by the strong red glare on the romantic banks under which the boat glided . Now the light diminished to a distant star that seemed to twinkle on the waters , like those which , according to " the legends of ...
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... observed one man struggling with a very weighty salmon which he had speared , but was unable completely to raise from the water , Brown advanced close to the bank to see the issue of his exertions . The man who held the torch in this ...
... observed one man struggling with a very weighty salmon which he had speared , but was unable completely to raise from the water , Brown advanced close to the bank to see the issue of his exertions . The man who held the torch in this ...
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... observation . Could he be one of the footpads he had encountered a few days before ? -The supposition was not al- together improbable , although unwarrant- ed by any observation he was able to make upon the man's figure and face . To be ...
... observation . Could he be one of the footpads he had encountered a few days before ? -The supposition was not al- together improbable , although unwarrant- ed by any observation he was able to make upon the man's figure and face . To be ...
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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.