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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... person born in a moun- tainous country to his native hills , -per- haps some early associations , retaining their effect long after the cause was forgotten , mingled in the feelings of pleasure with which he regarded the scene before ...
... person born in a moun- tainous country to his native hills , -per- haps some early associations , retaining their effect long after the cause was forgotten , mingled in the feelings of pleasure with which he regarded the scene before ...
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... person , whom he was in the habit of consulting in such matters , concerning some projected re- pairs , and a large addition to the house of Ellangowan , and that , having no great pleasure in remains so intimately connect- ed with the ...
... person , whom he was in the habit of consulting in such matters , concerning some projected re- pairs , and a large addition to the house of Ellangowan , and that , having no great pleasure in remains so intimately connect- ed with the ...
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... person , and voice , were so ex- actly those of his father in his best days , that Glossin , hearing his exclamation , and seeing such a sudden apparition in the shape of his patron , and on nearly the very spot where he had expired ...
... person , and voice , were so ex- actly those of his father in his best days , that Glossin , hearing his exclamation , and seeing such a sudden apparition in the shape of his patron , and on nearly the very spot where he had expired ...
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... in this part of the world respecting a daughter of the King of the Isle of Man eloping with a Scottish knight ? " " I am the worst person in the world to B 2 GUY MANNERING . 33 which our memory plays us; the remnants ...
... in this part of the world respecting a daughter of the King of the Isle of Man eloping with a Scottish knight ? " " I am the worst person in the world to B 2 GUY MANNERING . 33 which our memory plays us; the remnants ...
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Walter Scott. " I am the worst person in the world to consult upon legendary antiquities , " an swered Glossin . dis- " I could sing such a ballad , " said Ber- tram , " from one end to another when I was a boy . You must know I left ...
Walter Scott. " I am the worst person in the world to consult upon legendary antiquities , " an swered Glossin . dis- " I could sing such a ballad , " said Ber- tram , " from one end to another when I was a boy . You must know I left ...
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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.