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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... tion ? The old man's connection with the family at Woodbourne 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 ...
... tion ? The old man's connection with the family at Woodbourne 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 ...
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... tion concerning the endurance of his own possession . " And how do you read the half - defaced motto , sir , which is upon that scroll above the entablature with the arms ? " " I - I - I really do not exactly know , " replied Glossin ...
... tion concerning the endurance of his own possession . " And how do you read the half - defaced motto , sir , which is upon that scroll above the entablature with the arms ? " " I - I - I really do not exactly know , " replied Glossin ...
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... tion upon hearing that motto - stay — it is a strange jingle of sounds : The dark shall be light , And the wrong made right , When Bertram's right and Bertram's might Shall meet on- I cannot remember the last line - on some particular ...
... tion upon hearing that motto - stay — it is a strange jingle of sounds : The dark shall be light , And the wrong made right , When Bertram's right and Bertram's might Shall meet on- I cannot remember the last line - on some particular ...
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... tion ) " Mr Gilbert Glossin has the honour to offer his most respectful compliments to Sir Robert Hazlewood , and to inform him , that he has this morning been fortu- nate enough to secure the person who wounded Mr C. Hazlewood . As Sir ...
... tion ) " Mr Gilbert Glossin has the honour to offer his most respectful compliments to Sir Robert Hazlewood , and to inform him , that he has this morning been fortu- nate enough to secure the person who wounded Mr C. Hazlewood . As Sir ...
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... tion , with the other proofs or declarations which he mentions . And after the busi- ness is over , in case Mr G. G. is not other- wise engaged , Sir R. and Lady Hazlewood request his company to dinner . " Addressed , " MR GILBERT ...
... tion , with the other proofs or declarations which he mentions . And after the busi- ness is over , in case Mr G. G. is not other- wise engaged , Sir R. and Lady Hazlewood request his company to dinner . " Addressed , " MR GILBERT ...
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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.