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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... , in that varied , intricate , yet graceful and easy line , which the eye loves so well to pursue . And it was no less relieved and varied in elevation than in outline , by the different forms of the shore GUY MANNERING . 15.
... , in that varied , intricate , yet graceful and easy line , which the eye loves so well to pursue . And it was no less relieved and varied in elevation than in outline , by the different forms of the shore GUY MANNERING . 15.
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... eye , after the dulness and gloom of a night voyage . Perhaps , -for who can presume to analyse that inexplicable feel- ing which binds the person born in a moun- tainous country to his native hills , -per- haps some early associations ...
... eye , after the dulness and gloom of a night voyage . Perhaps , -for who can presume to analyse that inexplicable feel- ing which binds the person born in a moun- tainous country to his native hills , -per- haps some early associations ...
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... is odd enough , " said Bertram , fixing his eye upon the arms and gate - way , and partly addressing Glossin , partly as it were thinking aloud- " it is odd the tricks which our memory plays us ; the remnants of an 32 GUY MANNERING .
... is odd enough , " said Bertram , fixing his eye upon the arms and gate - way , and partly addressing Glossin , partly as it were thinking aloud- " it is odd the tricks which our memory plays us ; the remnants of an 32 GUY MANNERING .
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... eye he was drawing in his breath slowly and majestically , and puffing it forth again with deep and solemn exertion , Glossin stepped in to his assistance . " I should think now , Sir Robert , with great sub- mission , that this matter ...
... eye he was drawing in his breath slowly and majestically , and puffing it forth again with deep and solemn exertion , Glossin stepped in to his assistance . " I should think now , Sir Robert , with great sub- mission , that this matter ...
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... eyes on me , Hatteraick himself , and the gypsey sailor , and that old hag- No , no ! I must stick to my original plan . " And with that he struck his spurs to his horse's flanks , and rode forward at a hard trot to put his machines in ...
... eyes on me , Hatteraick himself , and the gypsey sailor , and that old hag- No , no ! I must stick to my original plan . " And with that he struck his spurs to his horse's flanks , and rode forward at a hard trot to put his machines in ...
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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.