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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Page 69
... hear the question , sir , which the gentle- man asks you ? " " I have particular reasons for declining to answer that question . " " Then I am afraid , sir , our duty must lay us under the necessity to sign a war- rant of committal ...
... hear the question , sir , which the gentle- man asks you ? " " I have particular reasons for declining to answer that question . " " Then I am afraid , sir , our duty must lay us under the necessity to sign a war- rant of committal ...
Page 87
... hear of such a thing - I cannot help myself . " . 66 Na , na , sir , I'll no permit you to be say- ing that I'm forcing naething upon ye ; - an ye dinna like the price , ye needna take the article - I force no man ; I was only ...
... hear of such a thing - I cannot help myself . " . 66 Na , na , sir , I'll no permit you to be say- ing that I'm forcing naething upon ye ; - an ye dinna like the price , ye needna take the article - I force no man ; I was only ...
Page 92
... creaking hinges , mingling occasionally with the dull monotony of the retiring ocean . Sometimes , too , he could hear the hoarse growl of the keeper , or the shriller strain of his helpmate , almost always in the tone 92 GUY MANNERING .
... creaking hinges , mingling occasionally with the dull monotony of the retiring ocean . Sometimes , too , he could hear the hoarse growl of the keeper , or the shriller strain of his helpmate , almost always in the tone 92 GUY MANNERING .
Page 100
... hear your story - whisht , Wasp , man ! -wow but he's glad to see you , poor thing ! " ༼ ! * ༔ ; Bertram's story , being confined to the accident of Hazlewood , and the confu sion made between his own identity and that of one of the ...
... hear your story - whisht , Wasp , man ! -wow but he's glad to see you , poor thing ! " ༼ ! * ༔ ; Bertram's story , being confined to the accident of Hazlewood , and the confu sion made between his own identity and that of one of the ...
Page 105
... hear that he's like to be in the prison at Portanferry , if he doesna tak a ' the better care o ' himsell , for there's been warrants out to tak him as soon as he comes ower the water fráe Allonby . And now , gude- man , an ever ye wish ...
... hear that he's like to be in the prison at Portanferry , if he doesna tak a ' the better care o ' himsell , for there's been warrants out to tak him as soon as he comes ower the water fráe Allonby . And now , gude- man , an ever ye wish ...
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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.