Guy Mannering; or, The astrologer. By the author of 'Waverley'. |
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... followed him to his horse , and , while he drew the girths of his saddle , adjusted the wa- lise , and put on the bridle , still plied him with questions concerning Mr Bertram's death , and the fate of his daughter ; on which , however ...
... followed him to his horse , and , while he drew the girths of his saddle , adjusted the wa- lise , and put on the bridle , still plied him with questions concerning Mr Bertram's death , and the fate of his daughter ; on which , however ...
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... both of bipeds and quadrupeds as if all had been followed , four foxes were killed on this active morning ; and even Brown himself , though he had seen the princely sports of India , and ridden a - tiger GUY MANNERING . 37.
... both of bipeds and quadrupeds as if all had been followed , four foxes were killed on this active morning ; and even Brown himself , though he had seen the princely sports of India , and ridden a - tiger GUY MANNERING . 37.
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... followed by day and night , but most commonly in the latter , when the fish are dis- covered by means of torches , or fire - grates , filled with blazing fragments of tar - barrels , which shed a strong though partial light upon the ...
... followed by day and night , but most commonly in the latter , when the fish are dis- covered by means of torches , or fire - grates , filled with blazing fragments of tar - barrels , which shed a strong though partial light upon the ...
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... followed the gypsey from the door of the hut , the fresh air of the morning , and the action of walking , restored circulation and activity to his benumbed limbs . The pale light of a winter's morning was ren- dered more clear by the ...
... followed the gypsey from the door of the hut , the fresh air of the morning , and the action of walking , restored circulation and activity to his benumbed limbs . The pale light of a winter's morning was ren- dered more clear by the ...
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... followed his guide in con- fidence and silence . They crossed the small brook at the same place where it previously had been passed by those who had gone before . The foot - marks then proceeded through the ruined village , and from ...
... followed his guide in con- fidence and silence . They crossed the small brook at the same place where it previously had been passed by those who had gone before . The foot - marks then proceeded through the ruined village , and from ...
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Page 77 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key ; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate.
Page 62 - Nor board nor garner own we now, Nor roof nor latched door. Nor kind mate, bound, by holy vow, To bless a good man's store. Noon lulls us in a gloomy den, And night is grown our day; Uprouse ye, then, my merry men! And use it as ye may.
Page 167 - Give me a cup of sack, to make mine eyes look red, that it may be thought I have wept ; for I must speak in passion, and I will do it in king Cambyses
Page 154 - Zounds! sir; you are one of those that will not serve God if the devil bid you.
Page 184 - But this poor farce has neither truth, nor art, To please the fancy or to touch the heart. Dark but not awful, dismal but yet mean, With anxious bustle moves the cumbrous scene; Presents no objects tender or profound, But spreads its cold, unmeaning gloom around. PARISH REGISTER. "YouR majesty," said Mannering, laughing, "has solemnized your abdication by an act of mercy and charity. That fellow will scarce think of going to law.
Page 31 - Britain knows not; give, ye Britons, then Your sportive fury, pitiless, to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold ; Him, from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.
Page 192 - A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason ; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
Page 108 - What, art mad ? A man may see how this world goes with no eyes. Look with thine ears : see how yond justice rails upon yond simple thief. Hark, in thine ear: change places; and, handy-dandy, which is the justice, which is the thief?