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 10
... observed , in excuse of his correspondents , that the post was then much more tardy than since Mr Palmer's ingenious invention has taken place ; and with respect to honest Dinmont in par- ticular , as he rarely received above one letter ...
... observed , in excuse of his correspondents , that the post was then much more tardy than since Mr Palmer's ingenious invention has taken place ; and with respect to honest Dinmont in par- ticular , as he rarely received above one letter ...
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... observed , had found it essential for the protection of their boats and small craft , though it could not receive vessels of any burthen . The two points of rock which formed the entrance , approached each other so nearly , 18 GUY ...
... observed , had found it essential for the protection of their boats and small craft , though it could not receive vessels of any burthen . The two points of rock which formed the entrance , approached each other so nearly , 18 GUY ...
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... Observe , " he called out at the same time , " that I have no purpose to resist legal authority ; satisfy me that you have a magistrate's warrant , and are authorised to make this arrest , and I will obey it quietly ; but let no man who ...
... Observe , " he called out at the same time , " that I have no purpose to resist legal authority ; satisfy me that you have a magistrate's warrant , and are authorised to make this arrest , and I will obey it quietly ; but let no man who ...
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... observed that the mantle upon the pannels only bore a plain cypher of G. G. This apparent modesty was indeed solely owing to the delay of Mr Cumming of the Lion Office , who , being at that time engaged in discovering and matriculating ...
... observed that the mantle upon the pannels only bore a plain cypher of G. G. This apparent modesty was indeed solely owing to the delay of Mr Cumming of the Lion Office , who , being at that time engaged in discovering and matriculating ...
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... I am entirely of your opinion ; but , I don't know how it is , I have observed the Edinburgh gentle- men of the bar , and even the officers of the crown , pique themselves upon an in- different administration GUY MANNERING . 53.
... I am entirely of your opinion ; but , I don't know how it is , I have observed the Edinburgh gentle- men of the bar , and even the officers of the crown , pique themselves upon an in- different administration GUY MANNERING . 53.
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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.