Guy Mannering; Or, The AstrologerMaxwell, 1820 - 241 pages |
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Page 29
... Lucy Bertram ; but it was a thousand to one that the ca- price of the old lady might have altered its destina- tion . After running over contingencies and proba- bilities in his fertile mind , to ascertain what sort of personal ...
... Lucy Bertram ; but it was a thousand to one that the ca- price of the old lady might have altered its destina- tion . After running over contingencies and proba- bilities in his fertile mind , to ascertain what sort of personal ...
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... upon Miss Bertram . ' Lucy , remembering the last scene of her father's existence , turned as pale as death , and had well nigh fallen from her chair . Julia Man- nering flew to her assistance , and they left the 30 GUY MANNERING .
... upon Miss Bertram . ' Lucy , remembering the last scene of her father's existence , turned as pale as death , and had well nigh fallen from her chair . Julia Man- nering flew to her assistance , and they left the 30 GUY MANNERING .
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... myself . This lady , this Mrs. Margaret Bertram , to my certain knowledge , made a general settlement of her affairs in Miss Lucy Bertram's favour while she lived with my old friend , Mr. Bertram , at GUY MANNERING . 35.
... myself . This lady , this Mrs. Margaret Bertram , to my certain knowledge , made a general settlement of her affairs in Miss Lucy Bertram's favour while she lived with my old friend , Mr. Bertram , at GUY MANNERING . 35.
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... Lucy Bertram . Mac - Morlan perused it with eyes that sparkled with delight , snapped his fingers re- peatedly , and at length exclaimed , Available ! it's as tight as a glove - naebody could make better work than Glossin , when he did ...
... Lucy Bertram . Mac - Morlan perused it with eyes that sparkled with delight , snapped his fingers re- peatedly , and at length exclaimed , Available ! it's as tight as a glove - naebody could make better work than Glossin , when he did ...
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... Lucy her chance of becoming an heiress ? ' Surely , because you must have some powers from her which I will instantly draw out . Besides , I will be cautious for her prudence , and that she will consider it only in the light of a chance ...
... Lucy her chance of becoming an heiress ? ' Surely , because you must have some powers from her which I will instantly draw out . Besides , I will be cautious for her prudence , and that she will consider it only in the light of a chance ...
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Allonby answered appearance auld Aweel better called captain carriage castle Charles Hazlewood Colonel Mannering counsellor dear Derncleugh deyvil Dinmont dinna Dirk Hatteraick Dominie door Ellan Ellangowan eneugh eyes father favour feelings fellow frae gentleman gipsy give Glossin gowan Guy Mannering hand Hazle Hazlewood-House head hear heard heart honest honour horse Julia justice justice of peace Kippletringan lady land lawyer Liddesdale light look Lucy Bertram Mac-Guffog Mac-Morlan mair Mannering's maun Merrilies mind Miss Bertram Miss Mannering morning muckle murder never night occasion ower person Pleydell Portanferry prisoner recollection ruin Sampson Scotland Singleside Sir Robert Hazlewood smugglers speak stood stranger strong tell there's thing thought tone tram turned Vanbeest Brown voice Warroch weel window wish woman wood Woodbourne ye'll young Hazlewood younker zlewood
Popular passages
Page 135 - 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 169 - 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 46 - This game was played in several different ways. Most frequently the dice were thrown by the company, and those upon whom the lot fell were obliged to assume and maintain, for a time, a certain fictitious character, or to repeat a certain number of fescenniue verses in a particular order.
Page 54 - Dark but not awful, dismal but yet mean, With anxious bustle moves the cumbrous scene; Presents no objects tender or profound...
Page 61 - 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.