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 117
... been absent in Edin -... burgh with peculiar satisfaction ; so that , on that score , there is nothing to be re- .. gretted . Even our friend the Dominie is returned thrice the man he was , from having GUY MANNERING . 117.
... been absent in Edin -... burgh with peculiar satisfaction ; so that , on that score , there is nothing to be re- .. gretted . Even our friend the Dominie is returned thrice the man he was , from having GUY MANNERING . 117.
Page 118
... Dominie , with great complacency , " I did wrestle , and was not overcome , though my adversary was cunning in his art . ” I. " I presume , " " said Miss Mannering , " the contest was somewhat fatiguing , Mr Sampson ? " 66 Very much ...
... Dominie , with great complacency , " I did wrestle , and was not overcome , though my adversary was cunning in his art . ” I. " I presume , " " said Miss Mannering , " the contest was somewhat fatiguing , Mr Sampson ? " 66 Very much ...
Page 119
... Dominie did not make his ap- pearance . He had walked out , a servant said , early in the morning . It was so com- mon for him to forget his meals , that his absence never deranged the family . The housekeeper , a decent old - fashioned ...
... Dominie did not make his ap- pearance . He had walked out , a servant said , early in the morning . It was so com- mon for him to forget his meals , that his absence never deranged the family . The housekeeper , a decent old - fashioned ...
Page 120
... Dominie had always reproached him , that his negli- gence in leaving the child in the care of . Frank Kennedy had ... Dominie's bosom , which was exasperated into a sort of sickening anxie ty , by the discredit with which Pleydell had ...
... Dominie had always reproached him , that his negli- gence in leaving the child in the care of . Frank Kennedy had ... Dominie's bosom , which was exasperated into a sort of sickening anxie ty , by the discredit with which Pleydell had ...
Page 121
... Dominie thought to himself ; for had he uttered half the sentence , his jaws would have ached for a month under the unusual fatigue of such a continued exertion . The result of these cogitations was a resolution to go and visit the ...
... Dominie thought to himself ; for had he uttered half the sentence , his jaws would have ached for a month under the unusual fatigue of such a continued exertion . The result of these cogitations was a resolution to go and visit the ...
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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.