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... heard his tale from the parlour , stepped forward , and welcomed the stranger hospitably to Ellango- wan . The boy , made happy with half - a - crown , was dismissed to his cottage , the weary horse was conduc- ted to a stall , and ...
... heard his tale from the parlour , stepped forward , and welcomed the stranger hospitably to Ellango- wan . The boy , made happy with half - a - crown , was dismissed to his cottage , the weary horse was conduc- ted to a stall , and ...
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... heard that he had such cases in court . Meanwhile his neighbours predicted his final ruin . Those of the higher rank , with some malignity , accounted him already a degraded brother . The lower classes , seeing nothing enviable in his ...
... heard that he had such cases in court . Meanwhile his neighbours predicted his final ruin . Those of the higher rank , with some malignity , accounted him already a degraded brother . The lower classes , seeing nothing enviable in his ...
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... heard of , for it was appealed to the House of Commons - now I should have voted there for the Laird of Bairuddery ; but ye see my father was a jacobite , and out with Ken- more , so he never took the oaths ; and I ken not well how it ...
... heard of , for it was appealed to the House of Commons - now I should have voted there for the Laird of Bairuddery ; but ye see my father was a jacobite , and out with Ken- more , so he never took the oaths ; and I ken not well how it ...
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... heard him speak , and as he had been watching , with some curiosity , when this eating , drinking , moving , and smoking au- tomaton would perform the part of speaking , he was a good deal diverted with the harsh timber tones which ...
... heard him speak , and as he had been watching , with some curiosity , when this eating , drinking , moving , and smoking au- tomaton would perform the part of speaking , he was a good deal diverted with the harsh timber tones which ...
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... a tass o ' brandy ? ' ' That you shall have , Meg - Sit down yont there at the door , and tell us what news ye have heard at the fair o ' Drumshourloch . ' Troth , Laird , and there was muckle want o 22 GUY MANNERING .
... a tass o ' brandy ? ' ' That you shall have , Meg - Sit down yont there at the door , and tell us what news ye have heard at the fair o ' Drumshourloch . ' Troth , Laird , and there was muckle want o 22 GUY MANNERING .
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Page 125 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Page 134 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 55 - Many murders have been discovered among them; and they are not only a most unspeakable oppression to poor tenants (who if they give not bread, or some kind of provision to perhaps forty such villains in one day, are sure to be insulted by them) but they rob many poor people who live in houses distant from any neighbourhood. In years of plenty...
Page 69 - ... muirs ! Ride your ways, Ellangowan. Our bairns are hinging at our weary backs; look that your braw cradle at hame be the fairer spread up : not that I am wishing ill to little Harry, or to the babe that's yet to be born, God forbid,- — and make them kind to the poor, and better folk than their father ! And now, ride e'en your ways ; for these are the last words ye'll ever hear Meg Merrilies speak, and this is the last reise f that I'll ever cut in the bonny woods of Ellangowan.
Page 27 - They live no longer in the faith of reason ! But still the heart doth need a language, still Doth the old instinct bring back the old names...
Page 68 - We have noticed that there was in her general attire, or rather in her mode of adjusting it, somewhat of a foreign costume, artfully adopted perhaps for the purpose of adding to the effect of her spells and predictions, or perhaps from some traditional notions respecting the dress of her ancestors. On this occasion, she had a large piece of red cotton cloth rolled about her head in the form of a turban, from beneath which her dark eyes flashed with uncommon lustre. Her long and tangled black hair...
Page 39 - Raz'd out my impress, leaving me no sign, Save men's opinions and my living blood, To show the world I am a gentleman.
Page 55 - ... some kind of provision to perhaps forty such villains in one day, are sure to be insulted by them,) but they rob many poor people who live in houses distant from any neighbourhood. In years of plenty many thousands of them meet together in the mountains, where they feast and riot for many days; and at country weddings, markets, burials, and other the like public occasions, they are to be seen, both men and women, perpetually drunk, cursing, blaspheming, and fighting together.
Page 156 - With prospects bright upon the world he came, Pure love of virtue, strong desire of fame : Men watch'd the way his lofty mind would take, And all foretold the progress he would make.
Page 134 - I'll be no burden — I have thought how to prevent that. But, as Ruth said unto Naomi, ' Entreat me not to leave thee, nor to depart from thee ; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou dwellest I will dwell ; thy people shall be my people, and thy God shall be my God. Where thou 117 diest will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death do part thee and me.