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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... person of whom it is the proper and usual garb . Nothing can be on a more reduced scale than his travelling equipment . A volume of Shakspeare in one pocket , a small bun- dle with a change of linen in the other , an oaken cudgel in his ...
... person of whom it is the proper and usual garb . Nothing can be on a more reduced scale than his travelling equipment . A volume of Shakspeare in one pocket , a small bun- dle with a change of linen in the other , an oaken cudgel in his ...
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... person drawn up so as to shew to full advantage her masculine stature , and her head somewhat thrown back , that the large bonnet , with which her face was shrouded , might not interrupt her steady . gaze at Brown . At every gesture he ...
... person drawn up so as to shew to full advantage her masculine stature , and her head somewhat thrown back , that the large bonnet , with which her face was shrouded , might not interrupt her steady . gaze at Brown . At every gesture he ...
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... - house , gazing in his way at the other persons engaged in the sport , two or three of whom are generally kept together , one holding the torch , the others with their spears , ready to avail themselves of the light it 64 GUY MANNERING .
... - house , gazing in his way at the other persons engaged in the sport , two or three of whom are generally kept together , one holding the torch , the others with their spears , ready to avail themselves of the light it 64 GUY MANNERING .
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... person , was contented , in Brown's case , to express the utter extre- mity of his wonder . " Weel , " he said , " that's queer aneugh ! But since ye take his part , deil a tyke shall meddle wi ' him mair in my day - we'll e'en mark him ...
... person , was contented , in Brown's case , to express the utter extre- mity of his wonder . " Weel , " he said , " that's queer aneugh ! But since ye take his part , deil a tyke shall meddle wi ' him mair in my day - we'll e'en mark him ...
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... person . She moistened his mouth from time to time with some li quid , and between whiles sung , in a low monotonous cadence , one of those prayers , or rather spells , which , in some parts of Scotland , and the north of England , are ...
... person . She moistened his mouth from time to time with some li quid , and between whiles sung , in a low monotonous cadence , one of those prayers , or rather spells , which , in some parts of Scotland , and the north of England , are ...
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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.