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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... officers - here a cargo ta'en - vera weel , that was their luck ; - there another carried clean through , that was mine - na , na ! hawks shouldna pike out hawks ' e'en . " " And this Colonel Mannering ? " " Troth , GUY MANNERING . 5.
... officers - here a cargo ta'en - vera weel , that was their luck ; - there another carried clean through , that was mine - na , na ! hawks shouldna pike out hawks ' e'en . " " And this Colonel Mannering ? " " Troth , GUY MANNERING . 5.
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... carrying gudes up the narrow stairs , or ower the rocks . Whiles of a moonlight night I have landed articles there though . " While he thus spoke , they pulled round a point of rock , and found a very small harbour , partly formed by ...
... carrying gudes up the narrow stairs , or ower the rocks . Whiles of a moonlight night I have landed articles there though . " While he thus spoke , they pulled round a point of rock , and found a very small harbour , partly formed by ...
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... carried home in his bonnet all the shivers which he had struck from the mass in the course of the day . This little quay communicated with a rude stair - case , already repeatedly mentioned , which descended from the old castle . There ...
... carried home in his bonnet all the shivers which he had struck from the mass in the course of the day . This little quay communicated with a rude stair - case , already repeatedly mentioned , which descended from the old castle . There ...
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... carried to the inn at Kippletringan , or to Hazlewood - house , as Sir Robert Ha- zlewood may be pleased to direct : And , with Sir Robert Hazlewood's permission , Mr G. Glossin will attend him at either of these places with the proofs ...
... carried to the inn at Kippletringan , or to Hazlewood - house , as Sir Robert Ha- zlewood may be pleased to direct : And , with Sir Robert Hazlewood's permission , Mr G. Glossin will attend him at either of these places with the proofs ...
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... carry on their name and family . Roturier as he was , Sir Robert was gratified by the ho- mage which he rendered , and proceeded in a tone of gracious familiarity : " And now , Mr Glossin , my exceeding good friend , you must allow me ...
... carry on their name and family . Roturier as he was , Sir Robert was gratified by the ho- mage which he rendered , and proceeded in a tone of gracious familiarity : " And now , Mr Glossin , my exceeding good friend , you must allow me ...
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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.