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 35
... voice lustily heard to restore order - the door opened , and a half - dressed ewe - milker , who had done that good office , shut it in their faces , in order that she might run ben the house , to cry , " Mistress , mistress , it's the ...
... voice lustily heard to restore order - the door opened , and a half - dressed ewe - milker , who had done that good office , shut it in their faces , in order that she might run ben the house , to cry , " Mistress , mistress , it's the ...
Page 66
... voice , and saw , or rather concluded it was Brown who approached him , than , instead of advancing his light , he let it drop , as if accidentally , in the water . " The deil's in Gabriel ! " said the spear- man , as the fragments of ...
... voice , and saw , or rather concluded it was Brown who approached him , than , instead of advancing his light , he let it drop , as if accidentally , in the water . " The deil's in Gabriel ! " said the spear- man , as the fragments of ...
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... expiring man , " He has had a sair strug gle - but it's passing - I kenn'd he wad pass when you came in . That was the death ruckle - he's dead . " - Sounds were now near . heard at a distance , as of voices.- GUY MANNERING . 89.
... expiring man , " He has had a sair strug gle - but it's passing - I kenn'd he wad pass when you came in . That was the death ruckle - he's dead . " - Sounds were now near . heard at a distance , as of voices.- GUY MANNERING . 89.
Page 90
Walter Scott. near . heard at a distance , as of voices.- " They are coming ! " said she to Brown ; “ you are a dead man if you had as mony lives as hairs . " Brown eagerly looked round for some weapon of defence . There was none He then ...
Walter Scott. near . heard at a distance , as of voices.- " They are coming ! " said she to Brown ; “ you are a dead man if you had as mony lives as hairs . " Brown eagerly looked round for some weapon of defence . There was none He then ...
Page 91
... voices had been heard without . Brown was a soldier , and a brave one , but he was also a man ; and at this mo- ment his fears mastered his courage so completely , that the cold drops burst out from every pore . The idea of being drag ...
... voices had been heard without . Brown was a soldier , and a brave one , but he was also a man ; and at this mo- ment his fears mastered his courage so completely , that the cold drops burst out from every pore . The idea of being drag ...
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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.