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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... follow- ed by the land - surveyor mentioned upon a former occasion , who was also in the habit of acting as a sort of architect in case of necessity . In drawing the plans , & c . Glossin was in the custom of relying upon his own skill ...
... follow- ed by the land - surveyor mentioned upon a former occasion , who was also in the habit of acting as a sort of architect in case of necessity . In drawing the plans , & c . Glossin was in the custom of relying upon his own skill ...
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... follow- ed by the massy form of his friend from Charlies - hope . " Eh whow ! Eh whow ? " ejaculated the honest farmer , as he looked round upon his friend's miserable apartment and wretch- ed accommodation- " What's this o't ! what's ...
... follow- ed by the massy form of his friend from Charlies - hope . " Eh whow ! Eh whow ? " ejaculated the honest farmer , as he looked round upon his friend's miserable apartment and wretch- ed accommodation- " What's this o't ! what's ...
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... follow me . " . Sampson followed the sybil according ly , who guided him about a quarter of a mile through the woods , by a shorter cut than he could have found for himself ; they then entered upon the common , Meg still marching before ...
... follow me . " . Sampson followed the sybil according ly , who guided him about a quarter of a mile through the woods , by a shorter cut than he could have found for himself ; they then entered upon the common , Meg still marching before ...
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... to say to Dinmont " Follow your friend , and help when you see the time come . " In the hurry of the moment , Dinmont obeyed and followed close . The two smug- glers dragged Bertram along the passage , down stairs , GUY MANNERING . 175.
... to say to Dinmont " Follow your friend , and help when you see the time come . " In the hurry of the moment , Dinmont obeyed and followed close . The two smug- glers dragged Bertram along the passage , down stairs , GUY MANNERING . 175.
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... Now , " said the warning voice , “ shake off that fellow , and follow me . " Bertram , exerting his strength sudden- ly and effectually , easily burst from the grasp of the man who held his collar on the 176 GUY MANNERING .
... Now , " said the warning voice , “ shake off that fellow , and follow me . " Bertram , exerting his strength sudden- ly and effectually , easily burst from the grasp of the man who held his collar on the 176 GUY MANNERING .
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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.