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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... things . I must visit that ruin before I continue my jour- ney . " " Ay , it's a queer auld bit ; and that highest tower is a gude land - mark as far as Ramsay in Man , and the Point of Ayr- there was muckle fighting about it lang syne ...
... things . I must visit that ruin before I continue my jour- ney . " " Ay , it's a queer auld bit ; and that highest tower is a gude land - mark as far as Ramsay in Man , and the Point of Ayr- there was muckle fighting about it lang syne ...
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... , on the banks of the river we have before men- tioned . The scenery around was of a dark , solemn , and somewhat melancholy cast , according well with the architecture of the house . Every thing appeared to be kept 46 GUY MANNERING .
... , on the banks of the river we have before men- tioned . The scenery around was of a dark , solemn , and somewhat melancholy cast , according well with the architecture of the house . Every thing appeared to be kept 46 GUY MANNERING .
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Walter Scott. of the house . Every thing appeared to be kept in the highest possible order , and announced the opulence and rank of the proprietor , As Mr Glossin's carriage stopped at the door of the hall , Sir ... thing appeared to ...
Walter Scott. of the house . Every thing appeared to be kept in the highest possible order , and announced the opulence and rank of the proprietor , As Mr Glossin's carriage stopped at the door of the hall , Sir ... thing appeared to ...
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... thing which one can hardly bear to think of ; but , begging ten thousand pardons for re- suming what I was about to say , a person of the same name is , as appears from these papers ( producing Dirk Hatteraick's pock- et - book , ) mate ...
... thing which one can hardly bear to think of ; but , begging ten thousand pardons for re- suming what I was about to say , a person of the same name is , as appears from these papers ( producing Dirk Hatteraick's pock- et - book , ) mate ...
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Walter Scott. letters of introduction , credentials , bag- gage , or any thing belonging to your pretended rank , estate , and condition , as I said before ? " of " Sir , I had the misfortune to be robbed my clothes and baggage . " " Oho ...
Walter Scott. letters of introduction , credentials , bag- gage , or any thing belonging to your pretended rank , estate , and condition , as I said before ? " of " Sir , I had the misfortune to be robbed my clothes and baggage . " " Oho ...
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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.