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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... seemed to offer a safe mode of communication , of which he determined to avail himself . " Your daughter is a maid - servant at Woodbourne ? -I knew Miss Mannering in India , and though I am at present in an inferior rank of life , I ...
... seemed to offer a safe mode of communication , of which he determined to avail himself . " Your daughter is a maid - servant at Woodbourne ? -I knew Miss Mannering in India , and though I am at present in an inferior rank of life , I ...
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... his appearance and demeanour du- ring all this conversation seemed to dimi- nish even his strength and stature , so that he withered as it were into the shadow of himself , now advancing one foot , now the other 34 GUY MANNERING .
... his appearance and demeanour du- ring all this conversation seemed to dimi- nish even his strength and stature , so that he withered as it were into the shadow of himself , now advancing one foot , now the other 34 GUY MANNERING .
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... seemed to be expected , the mean use to which the Baronet's faculties had been degraded on this melancholy oc- casion , Mr Glossin offered to officiate as clerk or assessor , or any way in which he could be most useful . " And with a ...
... seemed to be expected , the mean use to which the Baronet's faculties had been degraded on this melancholy oc- casion , Mr Glossin offered to officiate as clerk or assessor , or any way in which he could be most useful . " And with a ...
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... seemed dis- posed to use with such rashness . I there- fore closed with him for the purpose of dis- arming him ; . and just as I had nearly ef fected my purpose , the piece went off ac- cidentally , and , to my regret then and since ...
... seemed dis- posed to use with such rashness . I there- fore closed with him for the purpose of dis- arming him ; . and just as I had nearly ef fected my purpose , the piece went off ac- cidentally , and , to my regret then and since ...
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... she discharged her task , seemed , in inveterate spleen of temper , to grudge even those accommodations for which she was to receive payment . At length , 9 GUY MANNERING . 91 time left the room, to avoid, probably, ...
... she discharged her task , seemed , in inveterate spleen of temper , to grudge even those accommodations for which she was to receive payment . At length , 9 GUY MANNERING . 91 time left the room, to avoid, probably, ...
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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.