Guy Mannering; Or, The AstrologerMaxwell, 1820 - 241 pages |
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... door , as if he apprehended some one was listening . Glossin rose , opened the door , so that from the chair in which his prisoner sate he might satisfy himself there was no eve's dropper within hearing , then shut it , resumed his seat ...
... door , as if he apprehended some one was listening . Glossin rose , opened the door , so that from the chair in which his prisoner sate he might satisfy himself there was no eve's dropper within hearing , then shut it , resumed his seat ...
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... door , and then proceeded in his instructions . When you es- cape , you had better go to the Kaim of Derncleugh . ' Donner ! that howff is blown . ' " The devil ! -well then , you may steal my skiff that lies on the beach there , and ...
... door , and then proceeded in his instructions . When you es- cape , you had better go to the Kaim of Derncleugh . ' Donner ! that howff is blown . ' " The devil ! -well then , you may steal my skiff that lies on the beach there , and ...
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... door upon the prisoner , and , hark ye , let him have a fire in the strong room too , the season requires it . Perhaps he'll make a clean breast to - morrow . ' With these instructions , and with a large allow- ance of food and liquor ...
... door upon the prisoner , and , hark ye , let him have a fire in the strong room too , the season requires it . Perhaps he'll make a clean breast to - morrow . ' With these instructions , and with a large allow- ance of food and liquor ...
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... door , and a paint- ed sentinel in the garden , with a pipe in his mouth ! But hark ye , Hatteraick ; what will all the tulips , and flower gardens , and pleasure - houses , in the Ne- therlands do for you , if you are hanged here in ...
... door , and a paint- ed sentinel in the garden , with a pipe in his mouth ! But hark ye , Hatteraick ; what will all the tulips , and flower gardens , and pleasure - houses , in the Ne- therlands do for you , if you are hanged here in ...
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... door of the breakfast parlour , when the servant , by his desire , said aloud , ' Mr. Glossin , to wait upon Miss Bertram . ' Lucy , remembering the last scene of her father's existence , turned as pale as death , and had well nigh ...
... door of the breakfast parlour , when the servant , by his desire , said aloud , ' Mr. Glossin , to wait upon Miss Bertram . ' Lucy , remembering the last scene of her father's existence , turned as pale as death , and had well nigh ...
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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
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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.