Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 3James Ballantyne and Company For Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; and Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh., 1817 - 358 pages |
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Page 61
... Captain in his majesty's of horse . " regiment The Baronet's ears received this intima- tion with astonishment ; but he was re- freshed in courage by an incredulous look from Glossin , and by hearing him gently utter a sort of ...
... Captain in his majesty's of horse . " regiment The Baronet's ears received this intima- tion with astonishment ; but he was re- freshed in courage by an incredulous look from Glossin , and by hearing him gently utter a sort of ...
Page 64
... captain in his majesty's service , are no better or worse than a rascally mate of a smuggler ! " 66 Really , sir , you are an old gentleman , and acting under some strange delusion , otherwise I should be very angry with you . " " Old ...
... captain in his majesty's service , are no better or worse than a rascally mate of a smuggler ! " 66 Really , sir , you are an old gentleman , and acting under some strange delusion , otherwise I should be very angry with you . " " Old ...
Page 69
... , sir ; take care , how- ever , what you do . Observe that I in- form you that I am a captain in his majes- ty's regiment , and that I am just re- turned from India , and therefore cannot possibly be connected GUY MANNERING . 69.
... , sir ; take care , how- ever , what you do . Observe that I in- form you that I am a captain in his majes- ty's regiment , and that I am just re- turned from India , and therefore cannot possibly be connected GUY MANNERING . 69.
Page 70
... captain of horse to jail- " This is all very well , sir ; but is there no person nearer whom you could refer to " " There are only two persons in this country who know anything of me . One is a plain Liddesdale sheep - farmer , called ...
... captain of horse to jail- " This is all very well , sir ; but is there no person nearer whom you could refer to " " There are only two persons in this country who know anything of me . One is a plain Liddesdale sheep - farmer , called ...
Page 73
... partly upon the opposite belief that he was a villain and an assassin . " Sir , Mr Vanbeest Brown - I would call you Captain Brown if there was the least VOL . III . D reason , or cause , or grounds to suppose that GUY MANNERING . 73.
... partly upon the opposite belief that he was a villain and an assassin . " Sir , Mr Vanbeest Brown - I would call you Captain Brown if there was the least VOL . III . D reason , or cause , or grounds to suppose that GUY MANNERING . 73.
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acromion process Allonby ance answered arms auld Aweel Baronet better called Captain carriage castle Charles Hazlewood Colonel Mannering counsellor court-yard custom-house dear Derncleugh deyvil Dinmont dinna Dirk Hatteraick Dominie door eyes father favour feelings fire follow Glossin gude GUY MANNERING gypsey hand Hazlewood of Hazlewood Hazlewood-house hear heard heart Henry Bertram honour horse hour Julia kenn'd Kippletringan ladies Laird late Ellangowan Liddesdale light look Lucy Mac-Guffog Mac-Morlan mair Mannering's maun mean Meg Merrilies ment Merrilies mind Miss Bertram Miss Mannering morning murder neighbour never night ower person Pleydell Portanferry prisoner raick recollection respect ruin Sampson Scotland Sir Robert Hazlewood smugglers spect suppose tell there's thing thought tion tram turn Vanbeest Brown voice weel wood Woodbourne word ye'll young Hazlewood younker
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Page 137 - Ecstasy! My pulse, as yours, doth temperately keep time, And makes as healthful music. It is not madness That I have utter'd : bring me to the test, And I the matter will re-word, which madness Would gambol from.
Page 80 - A prison is a house of care. A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive. Sometimes a place of right. Sometimes a place of wrong, Sometimes a place of rogues and thieves, And honest men among.
Page 38 - He took his flageolet from his pocket, and played a simple melody. Apparently the tune awoke the corresponding associations of a damsel, who, close beside a fine spring about halfway down the descent, and which had once supplied the castle with water, was engaged in bleaching linen.
Page 297 - Receive our aid, and then again The story of thy life disclose. For, though seduced and led astray, Thou'st travell'd far and wander'd long; Thy God hath seen thee all the way, And all the turns that led thee wrong.
Page 37 - I remember the tune well,' he says, ' though I cannot guess what should at present so strongly recall it to my memory. ' He took his flageolet from his pocket and played a simple melody. Apparently the tune awoke the corresponding associations of a damsel.