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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... rest o ' them will not be far off . " The galloway was , by good fortune , easily caught , and Brown made some apology for overloading the animal . 66 " Deil a fear , man , " answered the pro- prietor , Dumple could carry six folk , if ...
... rest o ' them will not be far off . " The galloway was , by good fortune , easily caught , and Brown made some apology for overloading the animal . 66 " Deil a fear , man , " answered the pro- prietor , Dumple could carry six folk , if ...
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... rest o ' the billies on the water side ; they're a ' for a fox - hunt this morning , -ye'll gang I'll gie you Dumple , and take the brood mare mysell ; " 4 ? " But I fear I must leave you , Mr Din- mont . " " The fiend a bit o ' that ...
... rest o ' the billies on the water side ; they're a ' for a fox - hunt this morning , -ye'll gang I'll gie you Dumple , and take the brood mare mysell ; " 4 ? " But I fear I must leave you , Mr Din- mont . " " The fiend a bit o ' that ...
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... rest of his friends into the large and smoky kitchen , where this savoury mess reeked on an oaken table , massy enough to have dined Johnnie Armstrong and his merry- men . All was hearty cheer and huzza , and jest and clamorous laughter ...
... rest of his friends into the large and smoky kitchen , where this savoury mess reeked on an oaken table , massy enough to have dined Johnnie Armstrong and his merry- men . All was hearty cheer and huzza , and jest and clamorous laughter ...
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... rest o ' the siller , when Ailie has had her new gown , and the bairns their bits o ' duds - now I was thinking of some safe hand to put it into , for it's ower muckle to ware on brandy and sugar - now I GUY MANNERING . 77.
... rest o ' the siller , when Ailie has had her new gown , and the bairns their bits o ' duds - now I was thinking of some safe hand to put it into , for it's ower muckle to ware on brandy and sugar - now I GUY MANNERING . 77.
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... rest , while the fourth watched . He was relieved in this duty by one of the others , after a vigil of two hours . When the second watch had elapsed , the sentinel awakened the whole , who , to Brown's in- expressible relief , began to ...
... rest , while the fourth watched . He was relieved in this duty by one of the others , after a vigil of two hours . When the second watch had elapsed , the sentinel awakened the whole , who , to Brown's in- expressible relief , began to ...
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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.