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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... over her shoulder at the athletic form , which corresponded so well with the frank and blithe address of the stranger . A rough terrier dog , his constant companion , • who rivalled his master in glee , scampered at large GUY MANNERING . 5.
... over her shoulder at the athletic form , which corresponded so well with the frank and blithe address of the stranger . A rough terrier dog , his constant companion , • who rivalled his master in glee , scampered at large GUY MANNERING . 5.
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... figure , and the anxiety of her countenance , assumed the appearance of the well - disposed ogress of a fairy tale , warning a stranger not to enter the dan gerous castle of her husband . The first words she 88 GUY MANNERING .
... figure , and the anxiety of her countenance , assumed the appearance of the well - disposed ogress of a fairy tale , warning a stranger not to enter the dan gerous castle of her husband . The first words she 88 GUY MANNERING .
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... stranger , and , for a time at least , unprovided with means of establishing his own character and credit to the satisfaction of a stupid or obstinate country magistrate . " I will think over the matter more maturely , " he said GUY ...
... stranger , and , for a time at least , unprovided with means of establishing his own character and credit to the satisfaction of a stupid or obstinate country magistrate . " I will think over the matter more maturely , " he said GUY ...
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... rendered them equally daring and desperate . With all this , my father , a stranger in the land , and invested with no official authority , had , one would think , nothing to do . But it must be owned , GUY MANNERING . 139.
... rendered them equally daring and desperate . With all this , my father , a stranger in the land , and invested with no official authority , had , one would think , nothing to do . But it must be owned , GUY MANNERING . 139.
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... strangers included , might amount to about twelve men . " At length the silence of this awful pe- riod of expectation was broken by a sound , which , at a distance , was like the rushing of a stream of water , but , as it approached ...
... strangers included , might amount to about twelve men . " At length the silence of this awful pe- riod of expectation was broken by a sound , which , at a distance , was like the rushing of a stream of water , but , as it approached ...
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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.