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... tell me of my young stranger ; perhaps God will resume the blessing He has bestowed ere he attains the age of manhood , or perhaps he is destined to be unworthy of the affection which we are naturally disposed to devote to our offspring ...
... tell me of my young stranger ; perhaps God will resume the blessing He has bestowed ere he attains the age of manhood , or perhaps he is destined to be unworthy of the affection which we are naturally disposed to devote to our offspring ...
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... tell us how my leddy was ta'en wi ' her pains . " Perhaps , " said Mannering , " at such a time a stranger's arrival might be inconvenient ? ' 66 66 " " Hout , na , ye needna be blate about that ; their house is muckle eneugh , and ...
... tell us how my leddy was ta'en wi ' her pains . " Perhaps , " said Mannering , " at such a time a stranger's arrival might be inconvenient ? ' 66 66 " " Hout , na , ye needna be blate about that ; their house is muckle eneugh , and ...
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... tell us what news ye have heard at the fair o ' Drumshourloch . " " Troth , Laird , and there was muckle want o ' you , and the like o ' you ; for there was a whin bonnie lasses there , forbye mysell , and deil ane to gie them hansels ...
... tell us what news ye have heard at the fair o ' Drumshourloch . " " Troth , Laird , and there was muckle want o ' you , and the like o ' you ; for there was a whin bonnie lasses there , forbye mysell , and deil ane to gie them hansels ...
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... tell me the very minute o ' the hour the wean's born , and I'll spae its fortune . " " Ay , but , Meg , we shall not want your assistance , for here's a student from Oxford that kens much better than you how to spae its fortune - he ...
... tell me the very minute o ' the hour the wean's born , and I'll spae its fortune . " " Ay , but , Meg , we shall not want your assistance , for here's a student from Oxford that kens much better than you how to spae its fortune - he ...
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... tell him the judgment which he had formed , at the same time acquainting him with the futility of the rules of art on which he had proceeded . With this resolution he walked out upon the terrace . If the view of the scene around ...
... tell him the judgment which he had formed , at the same time acquainting him with the futility of the rules of art on which he had proceeded . With this resolution he walked out upon the terrace . If the view of the scene around ...
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Allonby answered appearance Astrologer auld Aweel bairn better called Captain castle character Charles Hazlewood circumstances Colonel Mannering counsellor Dandie dear Derncleugh deyvil Dinmont Dirk Hatteraick Dominie Sampson door Ellangowan eyes father favour fear feelings fellow frae Frank Kennedy gentleman gipsy Glossin gude Guy Mannering hand Hazlewood House head heard honour horse Julia justice justice of peace Kennedy Kippletringan Laird land Liddesdale light look Lucy Bertram lugger Mac-Candlish Mac-Guffog Mac-Morlan mair Mannering's Matilda maun Merrilies mind Miss Bertram Miss Mannering morning muckle never night observed occasion ower person Pleydell poor Portanferry postilion prisoner recollection replied round ruin scene Scotland seemed Singleside smugglers stranger suppose tell there's thought tion turned Vanbeest Brown voice Warroch weel window woman wood Woodbourne ye'll young Hazlewood young lady younker
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Page 50 - With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and...
Page 37 - ... intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The power, the beauty, and the majesty, That had their haunts in dale, or piny mountain, Or forest by slow stream, or pebbly spring. Or chasms and wat'ry depths ; all these have vanished 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 75 - But see, his face is black and full of blood; His eyeballs further out than when he lived, Staring full ghastly like a strangled man: His hair uprear'd, his nostrils stretch'd with struggling ; His hands abroad display'd, as one that grasp'd And tugg'd for life, and was by strength subdued.
Page 110 - 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 104 - 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 104 - 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 ? With the years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands despatch : How much is to be done? My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — on what ? a fathomless abyss...
Page 147 - Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, And merrily hent the stile-a; A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a.
Page 210 - Lear. 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?
Page 28 - Sampson. He was of low birth ; but having evinced, even from his cradle, an uncommon seriousness of disposition, the poor parents were encouraged to hope that their bairn, as they expressed it, " might wag his pow in a pulpit yet." With an ambitious view to such a consummation, they pinched and pared, rose early and lay down late, ate dry bread, and drank cold water, to secure to Abel the means of learning. Meantime his tall ungainly figure, his taciturn and grave manners, and some grotesque habits...