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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... officers - here a cargo ta'en - vera weel , that was their luck ; - there another carried clean through , that was mine - na , na ! hawks shouldna pike out hawks ' e'en . " " And this Colonel Mannering ? " " Troth , GUY MANNERING . 5.
... officers - here a cargo ta'en - vera weel , that was their luck ; - there another carried clean through , that was mine - na , na ! hawks shouldna pike out hawks ' e'en . " " And this Colonel Mannering ? " " Troth , GUY MANNERING . 5.
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... officer man , and they do what they like wi ' the like o ' us . " " And his daughter , " said Brown , with a throbbing heart , " is going to be mar ried into a great family too , as I have heard ? " " What , into the Hazlewoods ' ? na ...
... officer man , and they do what they like wi ' the like o ' us . " " And his daughter , " said Brown , with a throbbing heart , " is going to be mar ried into a great family too , as I have heard ? " " What , into the Hazlewoods ' ? na ...
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... officer , and I am sure the young lady would endeavour to reconcile him to me . Perhaps your daughter could deliver a let- ter to her upon the subject , without making mischief between her father and her ? " The old man readily answered ...
... officer , and I am sure the young lady would endeavour to reconcile him to me . Perhaps your daughter could deliver a let- ter to her upon the subject , without making mischief between her father and her ? " The old man readily answered ...
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... officer be- yond the power of question . The incon- venience of being run short in his finances : struck him so strongly , that he wrote to Dinmont upon that subject , requesting a small temporary loan A. 2r GUY MANNERING . 9 And now ...
... officer be- yond the power of question . The incon- venience of being run short in his finances : struck him so strongly , that he wrote to Dinmont upon that subject , requesting a small temporary loan A. 2r GUY MANNERING . 9 And now ...
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... officer in the king's service , give and receive every explanation which might be necessary with young Hazlewood . " If he is not very wrong - headed indeed , ” he thought , " he must allow the manner in which I acted to have been the ...
... officer in the king's service , give and receive every explanation which might be necessary with young Hazlewood . " If he is not very wrong - headed indeed , ” he thought , " he must allow the manner in which I acted to have been the ...
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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.