Guy Mannering; Or, The AstrologerMaxwell, 1820 - 241 pages |
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... fire - brand , and a most portentous squint of the left eye , began , after various contortions by way of courtesy to the Justice , to tell his story , eking it out by sundry sly nods and knowing winks , which appeared to bespeak an ...
... fire - brand , and a most portentous squint of the left eye , began , after various contortions by way of courtesy to the Justice , to tell his story , eking it out by sundry sly nods and knowing winks , which appeared to bespeak an ...
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... fire - grate . It would be ruin , ' said Glossin to him- self , absolute ruin , if the heir should re - appear- and then what might be the consequence of conni ving with these men ? -yet there is so little time to take measures - Hark ...
... fire - grate . It would be ruin , ' said Glossin to him- self , absolute ruin , if the heir should re - appear- and then what might be the consequence of conni ving with these men ? -yet there is so little time to take measures - Hark ...
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... fire for yourselves there , and I'll send you plenty of stuff to make you comfortable , But be sure you lock the door upon the prisoner , and , hark ye , let him have a fire in the strong room too , the season requires it . Perhaps he ...
... fire for yourselves there , and I'll send you plenty of stuff to make you comfortable , But be sure you lock the door upon the prisoner , and , hark ye , let him have a fire in the strong room too , the season requires it . Perhaps he ...
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... fire too , for hold mich der deyvil , Ich bin gang gefrorne ! ' - ' It is a cold place to be sure , ' said Glossin , gath- ering together some decayed staves of barrels and pieces of wood , which had perhaps lain in the ca- vern since ...
... fire too , for hold mich der deyvil , Ich bin gang gefrorne ! ' - ' It is a cold place to be sure , ' said Glossin , gath- ering together some decayed staves of barrels and pieces of wood , which had perhaps lain in the ca- vern since ...
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... fire him ! Before we could overtake them , they had the skiff out of chan- nel as far as the Duerloo - the boat might have been lost . ' ' I wish to heaven she had - with him in her ! " Why , I was so angry myself , that , sapperment ...
... fire him ! Before we could overtake them , they had the skiff out of chan- nel as far as the Duerloo - the boat might have been lost . ' ' I wish to heaven she had - with him in her ! " Why , I was so angry myself , that , sapperment ...
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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.