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 101
... Pleydell was to the fore here ! -odd , he was the man for sorting them , and the queerest rough - spo- * ken deevil too that ever ye heard ! ” " But now tell me , my excellent friend , how did you find out I was here ? " 66 Odd , lad ...
... Pleydell was to the fore here ! -odd , he was the man for sorting them , and the queerest rough - spo- * ken deevil too that ever ye heard ! ” " But now tell me , my excellent friend , how did you find out I was here ? " 66 Odd , lad ...
Page 119
... cause of this unusual occurrence . The conversation which Mr Pleydell had held with Mannering upon the subject of the loss of Harry Bertram , had awaken- ed 10 GUY MANNERING . 119 night-to-morrow we shall have the whole ...
... cause of this unusual occurrence . The conversation which Mr Pleydell had held with Mannering upon the subject of the loss of Harry Bertram , had awaken- ed 10 GUY MANNERING . 119 night-to-morrow we shall have the whole ...
Page 120
... Pleydell had treated it . 66 Assuredly , " thought Sampson to himself , " he is a man of eru- dition , and well skilled in the weighty n matters of the law ; but he is also a 11 120 GUY MANNERING . of the loss of Harry Bertram, had ...
... Pleydell had treated it . 66 Assuredly , " thought Sampson to himself , " he is a man of eru- dition , and well skilled in the weighty n matters of the law ; but he is also a 11 120 GUY MANNERING . of the loss of Harry Bertram, had ...
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... Pleydell . In marched the lawyer , whose well - brushed black coat , and well- powdered wig , together with his point ruffles , brown silk stockings , highly - var- nished shoes , and gold buckles , exhibited the pains which the old ...
... Pleydell . In marched the lawyer , whose well - brushed black coat , and well- powdered wig , together with his point ruffles , brown silk stockings , highly - var- nished shoes , and gold buckles , exhibited the pains which the old ...
Page 185
... anticipate our usual hour of supper , " said the Colonel . " With all my heart , " said Pleydell , " providing I don't lose the ladies ' com- pany a moment the sooner . I am of coun sel with my old friend B ; I love the GUY MANNERING . 185.
... anticipate our usual hour of supper , " said the Colonel . " With all my heart , " said Pleydell , " providing I don't lose the ladies ' com- pany a moment the sooner . I am of coun sel with my old friend B ; I love the GUY MANNERING . 185.
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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.