Guy Mannering; Or, The AstrologerMaxwell, 1820 - 241 pages |
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... brought to a fatal termi- nation the quarrel which his appearance occasion- ed , Glossin rode slowly back to Ellangowan , ponder- ing on what he had heard , and more convinced that the active and successful prosecution of this mysteri ...
... brought to a fatal termi- nation the quarrel which his appearance occasion- ed , Glossin rode slowly back to Ellangowan , ponder- ing on what he had heard , and more convinced that the active and successful prosecution of this mysteri ...
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... through the recesses of the cave , · 6 Hagel and donner ! -be'st du ? " Are you in the dark ? ' ' Dark ? der deyvil ! ay ; where should I have a glim ? ' ' I have brought light ; ' and Glossin accordingly 18 GUY MANNERING .
... through the recesses of the cave , · 6 Hagel and donner ! -be'st du ? " Are you in the dark ? ' ' Dark ? der deyvil ! ay ; where should I have a glim ? ' ' I have brought light ; ' and Glossin accordingly 18 GUY MANNERING .
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... brought you some breakfast , ' said Glossin , producing some cold meat and a flask of spirits . The latter Hatteraick eagerly seized upon , and applied to his mouth ; and , after a hearty draught , he exclaimed with great rapture , Das ...
... brought you some breakfast , ' said Glossin , producing some cold meat and a flask of spirits . The latter Hatteraick eagerly seized upon , and applied to his mouth ; and , after a hearty draught , he exclaimed with great rapture , Das ...
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... brought up for a second examination ; now , where d'ye think I'll incarcerate him ? " ' Hagel and wetter ! what do I care ? ' C Stay , my friend - you do care a great deal . Do you know your goods , that was seized and carried to ...
... brought up for a second examination ; now , where d'ye think I'll incarcerate him ? " ' Hagel and wetter ! what do I care ? ' C Stay , my friend - you do care a great deal . Do you know your goods , that was seized and carried to ...
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... brought him to your northern capital . ' The monarch opened Mac - Morlan's letter , and running it hastily over , exclaimed , with his natural VOL . II . E voice and manner , ' Lucy Bertram of Ellangowan , GUY MANNERING . 49.
... brought him to your northern capital . ' The monarch opened Mac - Morlan's letter , and running it hastily over , exclaimed , with his natural VOL . II . E voice and manner , ' Lucy Bertram of Ellangowan , GUY MANNERING . 49.
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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.