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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... suppose of conduct , which must have made him appear to her regardless alike of her peace of mind , and of the interests of their affec- tion ? The old man's connection with the family at Woodbourne seemed to offer a safe mode of ...
... suppose of conduct , which must have made him appear to her regardless alike of her peace of mind , and of the interests of their affec- tion ? The old man's connection with the family at Woodbourne seemed to offer a safe mode of ...
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... suppose him once more embarked on the Solway frith . The wind was adverse , attended by some rain , and they struggled against it without much assistance from the tide . The boat was heavily laden with goods , ( part of which were ...
... suppose him once more embarked on the Solway frith . The wind was adverse , attended by some rain , and they struggled against it without much assistance from the tide . The boat was heavily laden with goods , ( part of which were ...
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... meanest of the people to suppose there could be found among them two persons doomed to bear a name so shocking to one's ears as this of Vanbeest Brown . " " True , Sir Robert ; most unquestion- ably ; GUY MANNERING . 55.
... meanest of the people to suppose there could be found among them two persons doomed to bear a name so shocking to one's ears as this of Vanbeest Brown . " " True , Sir Robert ; most unquestion- ably ; GUY MANNERING . 55.
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... suppose that will pass , or be taken , credited , and received ? " " I beg leave , " said Bertram , his recol- lection turning to the gypsey female , and to the promise he had given her , " I beg leave to decline answering that question ...
... suppose that will pass , or be taken , credited , and received ? " " I beg leave , " said Bertram , his recol- lection turning to the gypsey female , and to the promise he had given her , " I beg leave to decline answering that question ...
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... suppose he would bring forward this thick . skulled fellow to give his oath of credulity , Sir Robert , ha , ha , ha ! " " And what is your other witness , friend ? " said the Baronet . " A gentleman whom I have some re- luctance to ...
... suppose he would bring forward this thick . skulled fellow to give his oath of credulity , Sir Robert , ha , ha , ha ! " " And what is your other witness , friend ? " said the Baronet . " A gentleman whom I have some re- luctance to ...
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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.