Guy Mannering; Or, The AstrologerMaxwell, 1820 - 241 pages |
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Page 18
... heart throb , and his knees knock together , when he prepared to enter this den of secret iniquity , in order to hold conference with a felon , whom he justly accounted one of the most desperate and depraved of men . ' But he has no ...
... heart throb , and his knees knock together , when he prepared to enter this den of secret iniquity , in order to hold conference with a felon , whom he justly accounted one of the most desperate and depraved of men . ' But he has no ...
Page 20
... myself about him ? ' ' Well , and was he bred a foot - boy then ? ' Nein , nein ; the kinchin got about the old man's heart , and he gave him his own name , and bred him up in the office , and then sent him to 20 GUY MANNERING .
... myself about him ? ' ' Well , and was he bred a foot - boy then ? ' Nein , nein ; the kinchin got about the old man's heart , and he gave him his own name , and bred him up in the office , and then sent him to 20 GUY MANNERING .
Page 27
... heart still . And now tell me , are any old crew with you ? ' your of your ' Nein - all dead , hanged , drowned , and damned . Brown was the last - all dead but Gipsy Gab , and he would go off the country for a spill of money— or he'll ...
... heart still . And now tell me , are any old crew with you ? ' your of your ' Nein - all dead , hanged , drowned , and damned . Brown was the last - all dead but Gipsy Gab , and he would go off the country for a spill of money— or he'll ...
Page 54
... heart ; Dark , but not awful , dismal but yet mean , With anxious bustle , moves the cumbrous scene , Presents no objects tender or profound , But spreads it's cold unmeaning gloom around- Paris Register . " YOUR majesty , ' said ...
... heart ; Dark , but not awful , dismal but yet mean , With anxious bustle , moves the cumbrous scene , Presents no objects tender or profound , But spreads it's cold unmeaning gloom around- Paris Register . " YOUR majesty , ' said ...
Page 56
... heart can be as hard as his sword , and his dam take the lawyer who bronzes his bosom instead of his forehead ! But come , I am losing my Satur- day at e'en - will you have the kindness to trust me with these papers which relate to Miss ...
... heart can be as hard as his sword , and his dam take the lawyer who bronzes his bosom instead of his forehead ! But come , I am losing my Satur- day at e'en - will you have the kindness to trust me with these papers which relate to Miss ...
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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.