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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... speaking to herself " Did ye notice if there was an auld saugh tree that's maist blawn down , but yet its roots are in the earth , and it hangs ower the bit burn- mony a day hae I wrought my stocking , and GUY MANNERING . 17.
... speaking to herself " Did ye notice if there was an auld saugh tree that's maist blawn down , but yet its roots are in the earth , and it hangs ower the bit burn- mony a day hae I wrought my stocking , and GUY MANNERING . 17.
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... ( speaking low and emphatically ) to tak the ane ye dinna tell her . " The farmer laughed and promised , and the gypsey retreated . " Will you take her advice ? " said Brown , who had been an attentive listener to this conversation ...
... ( speaking low and emphatically ) to tak the ane ye dinna tell her . " The farmer laughed and promised , and the gypsey retreated . " Will you take her advice ? " said Brown , who had been an attentive listener to this conversation ...
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... speaking , refined in its character , and restrained in its ex- cesses . " Deil's in the wife , " said Dandy Din- mont , shaking off his spouse's embrace , but gently , and with a look of great affection ; " deil's in ye , Ailie - d'ye ...
... speaking , refined in its character , and restrained in its ex- cesses . " Deil's in the wife , " said Dandy Din- mont , shaking off his spouse's embrace , but gently , and with a look of great affection ; " deil's in ye , Ailie - d'ye ...
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... speak to his host Dinmont on the subject , but for obvious reasons concluded it were best defer the explanation until a cool hour in the morn ing . The sportsmen returned loaded with fish , upwards of one hundred salmon ha- ving been ...
... speak to his host Dinmont on the subject , but for obvious reasons concluded it were best defer the explanation until a cool hour in the morn ing . The sportsmen returned loaded with fish , upwards of one hundred salmon ha- ving been ...
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... speaking very slow- " the folks hereabout are a ' Armstrongs and Elliots , and sic like - twa or three given names -and so , for distinction's sake , the lairds and farmers have the names of their places that they live at - as for ...
... speaking very slow- " the folks hereabout are a ' Armstrongs and Elliots , and sic like - twa or three given names -and so , for distinction's sake , the lairds and farmers have the names of their places that they live at - as for ...
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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.