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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... brought Brown's purse to a very low ebb . He left directions at the post - office that his letters should be forwarded to Kippletringan , whither he resolved to proceed and reclaim the trea- sure which he had deposited in the hands of ...
... brought Brown's purse to a very low ebb . He left directions at the post - office that his letters should be forwarded to Kippletringan , whither he resolved to proceed and reclaim the trea- sure which he had deposited in the hands of ...
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... brought off from the eastern coast , after a skir mish in which my father was killed ; and I do remember enough of a horrid scene of violence to strengthen his ac- count . " It happened that the spot upon which young Bertram chanced to ...
... brought off from the eastern coast , after a skir mish in which my father was killed ; and I do remember enough of a horrid scene of violence to strengthen his ac- count . " It happened that the spot upon which young Bertram chanced to ...
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... brought me up couraged all my attempts to preserve re- collection of my native land , on account , I believe , of a boyish wish which I had to escape from their charge . " " Very natural , " said Glossin , but speak . ing as if his ...
... brought me up couraged all my attempts to preserve re- collection of my native land , on account , I believe , of a boyish wish which I had to escape from their charge . " " Very natural , " said Glossin , but speak . ing as if his ...
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... wilfully and maliciously shooting at Charles Hazlewood , younger of Hazlewood , with an intent to kill , and also of other crimes and misdemeanours , and which appointed ' him , having been so apprehended , to be brought 38 GUY MANNERING .
... wilfully and maliciously shooting at Charles Hazlewood , younger of Hazlewood , with an intent to kill , and also of other crimes and misdemeanours , and which appointed ' him , having been so apprehended , to be brought 38 GUY MANNERING .
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Walter Scott. him , having been so apprehended , to be brought before the next magistrate for examination . The warrant being formal , and the fact such as he could not deny , Bertram threw down his weapon , and sub- mitted himself to ...
Walter Scott. him , having been so apprehended , to be brought before the next magistrate for examination . The warrant being formal , and the fact such as he could not deny , Bertram threw down his weapon , and sub- mitted himself to ...
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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.