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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... fires . How little was it possible for Ber- tram to conceive , that such trivial circum- stances were closely connected with inci- dents , affecting his prosperity , his honour perhaps his life ! After satisfying his curiosity by a ...
... fires . How little was it possible for Ber- tram to conceive , that such trivial circum- stances were closely connected with inci- dents , affecting his prosperity , his honour perhaps his life ! After satisfying his curiosity by a ...
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... fire to't . Yet I hope his hurt Is not so dangerous but he may recover . Fair Maid of the Inn . THE prisoner was now presented before the two worshipful magistrates . Glossin , partly from some compunctious visitings , and partly out of ...
... fire to't . Yet I hope his hurt Is not so dangerous but he may recover . Fair Maid of the Inn . THE prisoner was now presented before the two worshipful magistrates . Glossin , partly from some compunctious visitings , and partly out of ...
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... - I have drank mony a glass wi ' Glossin , man , that did you up , though he's a justice now . And then I'se warrant ye'll be for fire thir cauld nights , or if ye want candle , that's an expensive article , for it's 86 GUY MANNERING .
... - I have drank mony a glass wi ' Glossin , man , that did you up , though he's a justice now . And then I'se warrant ye'll be for fire thir cauld nights , or if ye want candle , that's an expensive article , for it's 86 GUY MANNERING .
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... fire and some dinner too , I'se warrant ; but your dinner will be but a puir ane the day , no ex- pecting company that wad be nice and fashious . " - So saying , and in all haste , Mrs Mac - Guffog fetched a scuttle of live coals , and ...
... fire and some dinner too , I'se warrant ; but your dinner will be but a puir ane the day , no ex- pecting company that wad be nice and fashious . " - So saying , and in all haste , Mrs Mac - Guffog fetched a scuttle of live coals , and ...
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... confinement must necessarily be short ; more intolerable for the time , for here , at least , I have fire , food , and shelter . Yet , with reading these • A bloody tales of crime and misery , in 96 GUY MANNERING . BLIOTHER ...
... confinement must necessarily be short ; more intolerable for the time , for here , at least , I have fire , food , and shelter . Yet , with reading these • A bloody tales of crime and misery , in 96 GUY MANNERING . BLIOTHER ...
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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.