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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... turn the discourse toward the Man- nering family . The sailor had heard of the attack upon the house at Woodbourne , but disapproved of the smugglers ' proceed- ings . " " Hands off is fair play ; zounds , they'll bring the whole ...
... turn the discourse toward the Man- nering family . The sailor had heard of the attack upon the house at Woodbourne , but disapproved of the smugglers ' proceed- ings . " " Hands off is fair play ; zounds , they'll bring the whole ...
Page 37
... turning short upon him , and not liking the tone which he made use of . Why , sir , as to that - I believe your name is Brown ? " " And what of that , sir ? " Glossin looked over his shoulder to see how near his party had approached ...
... turning short upon him , and not liking the tone which he made use of . Why , sir , as to that - I believe your name is Brown ? " " And what of that , sir ? " Glossin looked over his shoulder to see how near his party had approached ...
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... turning them to his own advan- tage ; but his feelings were of a mingled nature , and he felt the influence of those very prejudices which he pretended to flatter . The Baronet received him with that condescending parade 11 48 GUY ...
... turning them to his own advan- tage ; but his feelings were of a mingled nature , and he felt the influence of those very prejudices which he pretended to flatter . The Baronet received him with that condescending parade 11 48 GUY ...
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... 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 . " " I thought as much . - Were you not GUY MANNERING . 65.
... 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 . " " I thought as much . - Were you not GUY MANNERING . 65.
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... turn ; he is now , I believe , at Edinburgh . " " You are in every respect the best judge , Sir Robert , " answered Glossin , " in every possible respect . I would only sub- mit to you , that we are certainly hardly entitled to dismiss ...
... turn ; he is now , I believe , at Edinburgh . " " You are in every respect the best judge , Sir Robert , " answered Glossin , " in every possible respect . I would only sub- mit to you , that we are certainly hardly entitled to dismiss ...
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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.