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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Page 47
... snow in whiteness , and had , besides , a pleasant fragrance from the manner in which they had been bleach- ed . Little Wasp , after licking his master's hand to ask leave , couched himself on the coverlet at his feet ; and the ...
... snow in whiteness , and had , besides , a pleasant fragrance from the manner in which they had been bleach- ed . Little Wasp , after licking his master's hand to ask leave , couched himself on the coverlet at his feet ; and the ...
Page 79
... snow began to fall pretty quickly . The postillion , however , pro- ceeded upon his way for a good many miles , without expressing doubts or hesita- tion . It was not until the night was com 1 pletely set in that he intimated his doubts ...
... snow began to fall pretty quickly . The postillion , however , pro- ceeded upon his way for a good many miles , without expressing doubts or hesita- tion . It was not until the night was com 1 pletely set in that he intimated his doubts ...
Page 80
... snow rendered this intimation rather alarming , for as it drove full in the lad's face , and lay whitening all around him , it served in two different ways to confuse his knowledge of the country , and to diminish the chance of his ...
... snow rendered this intimation rather alarming , for as it drove full in the lad's face , and lay whitening all around him , it served in two different ways to confuse his knowledge of the country , and to diminish the chance of his ...
Page 82
... snow afforded some reflected light to assist his search . Directing himself as much as pos- sible through the more open parts of the wood , he proceeded almost a mile without either recovering a view of the light , or seeing any thing ...
... snow afforded some reflected light to assist his search . Directing himself as much as pos- sible through the more open parts of the wood , he proceeded almost a mile without either recovering a view of the light , or seeing any thing ...
Page 83
... snow , which his impatience had hitherto pre- vented his attending to , was coming on thicker and faster . Willing , however , to make a last effort , he still advanced a little way , when , to his great delight , he beheld the light op ...
... snow , which his impatience had hitherto pre- vented his attending to , was coming on thicker and faster . Willing , however , to make a last effort , he still advanced a little way , when , to his great delight , he beheld the light op ...
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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.