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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... heard of the attack upon the house at Woodbourne , but disapproved of the smugglers ' proceed- ings . " " Hands off is fair play ; zounds , they'll bring the whole country down upon them —na , na ! when I was in that way I played at ...
... heard of the attack upon the house at Woodbourne , but disapproved of the smugglers ' proceed- ings . " " Hands off is fair play ; zounds , they'll bring the whole country down upon them —na , na ! when I was in that way I played at ...
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... heard ? " " What , into the Hazlewoods ' ? na , na , that's but idle clashes - every sabbath day , as regularly as it came round , did the young man ride hame wi ' the daughter of the late Ellangowan - and my daughter Peggy's in the ...
... heard ? " " What , into the Hazlewoods ' ? na , na , that's but idle clashes - every sabbath day , as regularly as it came round , did the young man ride hame wi ' the daughter of the late Ellangowan - and my daughter Peggy's in the ...
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Walter Scott. heard with delight that the suspicions of Julia's fidelity , upon which he had so rashly acted , were probably void of foundation . How must he in the mean time be suffering in her opinion ? or what could she suppose of ...
Walter Scott. heard with delight that the suspicions of Julia's fidelity , upon which he had so rashly acted , were probably void of foundation . How must he in the mean time be suffering in her opinion ? or what could she suppose of ...
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... heard scratching and whining at the door of the room . Next a heavy step was heard lumbering up , and Mac - Guffog's voice in the character of pilot- " This way , this way ; take care of the step - that's the room . " - Bertram's door ...
... heard scratching and whining at the door of the room . Next a heavy step was heard lumbering up , and Mac - Guffog's voice in the character of pilot- " This way , this way ; take care of the step - that's the room . " - Bertram's door ...
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... heard ! ” " But now tell me , my excellent friend , how did you find out I was here ? " 66 Odd , lad , queerly eneugh ; but I'll tell ye that after we are done wi ' our supper , for it will may be no be'sae weel to speak " about it ...
... heard ! ” " But now tell me , my excellent friend , how did you find out I was here ? " 66 Odd , lad , queerly eneugh ; but I'll tell ye that after we are done wi ' our supper , for it will may be no be'sae weel to speak " about it ...
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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.