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 59
... the business , only now and then throwing in a skilful catch- word as prompter , when he saw the prin cipal , and apparently most active magis . trate stand in need of a hint . As for GUY MANNERING . 59 CHAPTER IV. ...
... the business , only now and then throwing in a skilful catch- word as prompter , when he saw the prin cipal , and apparently most active magis . trate stand in need of a hint . As for GUY MANNERING . 59 CHAPTER IV. ...
Page 60
... stand there at the bottom of the table . - Be so good as look me in the face , sir , and raise your voice as you answer the questions which I am going to put to you . " 66 May I beg , in the first place , to know , sir , who it is that ...
... stand there at the bottom of the table . - Be so good as look me in the face , sir , and raise your voice as you answer the questions which I am going to put to you . " 66 May I beg , in the first place , to know , sir , who it is that ...
Page 63
Walter Scott. my body , and commanded me in the most haughty tone to stand back . I was nei- ther inclined to submit to his authority , nor to leave him in possession of the means to injure me , which he seemed dis- posed to use with ...
Walter Scott. my body , and commanded me in the most haughty tone to stand back . I was nei- ther inclined to submit to his authority , nor to leave him in possession of the means to injure me , which he seemed dis- posed to use with ...
Page 64
... stand committed ? " " You are by far the best judge , Sir Robert ; but if I might presume to hint , there was something about these smug- glers . " " Very true , good sir . - And besides , sir , you Vanbeest Brown , who call yourself a ...
... stand committed ? " " You are by far the best judge , Sir Robert ; but if I might presume to hint , there was something about these smug- glers . " " Very true , good sir . - And besides , sir , you Vanbeest Brown , who call yourself a ...
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... stand commit- ted , sir , and be sent to prison , sir , that's all , sir . - Have the goodness to look at these papers ; are you the Vanbeest Brown there mentioned ? " It must be remarked that Glossin had shuffled among the papers some ...
... stand commit- ted , sir , and be sent to prison , sir , that's all , sir . - Have the goodness to look at these papers ; are you the Vanbeest Brown there mentioned ? " It must be remarked that Glossin had shuffled among the papers some ...
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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.