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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... feelings of pleasure with which he regarded the scene before him . " And what , " said Brown to the boat- man , " is the name of that fine cape , that stretches into the sea with its sloping banks and hillocks of wood , and forms the ...
... feelings of pleasure with which he regarded the scene before him . " And what , " said Brown to the boat- man , " is the name of that fine cape , that stretches into the sea with its sloping banks and hillocks of wood , and forms the ...
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... feelings and recollection . " Yes , " he said , " I preserved my language among the sailors , most of whom spoke English , and when I could get into a corner by myself , I used to sing all that song over from beginning to end- I have ...
... feelings and recollection . " Yes , " he said , " I preserved my language among the sailors , most of whom spoke English , and when I could get into a corner by myself , I used to sing all that song over from beginning to end- I have ...
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... feeling con- siderably enhanced by his late succession to the title of a Nova Scotia Baronet ; and he hated the memory of the Ellangowan fa- mily , though now a memory only , because a certain baron of that house was tradi tionally ...
... feeling con- siderably enhanced by his late succession to the title of a Nova Scotia Baronet ; and he hated the memory of the Ellangowan fa- mily , though now a memory only , because a certain baron of that house was tradi tionally ...
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... feelings , there was a degree of presumption in this novus homo , this Mr G. Glossin , late writer in presuming to set up such an accommo- dation at all ; but his wrath was mitigated when he observed that the mantle upon the pannels ...
... feelings , there was a degree of presumption in this novus homo , this Mr G. Glossin , late writer in presuming to set up such an accommo- dation at all ; but his wrath was mitigated when he observed that the mantle upon the pannels ...
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... feelings were of a mingled nature , and he felt the influence of those very prejudices which he pretended to flatter . The Baronet received him with that condescending parade 11 48 GUY MANNERING . delay told to the advantage of Glossin ...
... feelings were of a mingled nature , and he felt the influence of those very prejudices which he pretended to flatter . The Baronet received him with that condescending parade 11 48 GUY MANNERING . delay told to the advantage of Glossin ...
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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.