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 33
... light , And the wrong made right , When Bertram's right and Bertram's might Shall meet on- I cannot remember the last line - on some particular height - height is the rhyme , I am sure ; but I cannot hit upon the pre- ceding word ...
... light , And the wrong made right , When Bertram's right and Bertram's might Shall meet on- I cannot remember the last line - on some particular height - height is the rhyme , I am sure ; but I cannot hit upon the pre- ceding word ...
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... light , as a crime which will be too easily atoned by imprisonment , and as more deserving of deportation . " " Indeed , Sir Robert , " said his assent- ing brother in justice , " I am entirely of your opinion ; but , I don't know how ...
... light , as a crime which will be too easily atoned by imprisonment , and as more deserving of deportation . " " Indeed , Sir Robert , " said his assent- ing brother in justice , " I am entirely of your opinion ; but , I don't know how ...
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... light o't . " " And why do you say I am no sharp one ? " " Why , wha but a crack - brained callant wad hae let them keep up the siller that ye left at the Gordon arms ? De'il fetch me , but I wad have had it out o ' their wames ! ye had ...
... light o't . " " And why do you say I am no sharp one ? " " Why , wha but a crack - brained callant wad hae let them keep up the siller that ye left at the Gordon arms ? De'il fetch me , but I wad have had it out o ' their wames ! ye had ...
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... light appeared in the shape of one long broken tallow - candle , inclining over a tin candle- stick coated with grease : as for the writing materials , the prisoner was informed that he might have them the next day if he chose to send ...
... light appeared in the shape of one long broken tallow - candle , inclining over a tin candle- stick coated with grease : as for the writing materials , the prisoner was informed that he might have them the next day if he chose to send ...
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... light . De- .. lasserre must soon be in Scotland ; the certificates from his commanding officer must soon arrive ; nay , if Mannering were first applied to , who could say but the ef- fect might be a reconciliation between them ? He had ...
... light . De- .. lasserre must soon be in Scotland ; the certificates from his commanding officer must soon arrive ; nay , if Mannering were first applied to , who could say but the ef- fect might be a reconciliation between them ? He had ...
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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.