Guy Mannering; Or, The AstrologerMaxwell, 1820 - 241 pages |
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... hour ; But scarce I praise their venturous part , Who tamper with such dangerous art , Lay of the Last Minstrel . IN TWO VOLUMES . - VOL . II . PHILADELPHIA : PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. MAXWELL .. 1820 . ND LENOX X LIBRARY NEW YORK GUY ...
... hour ; But scarce I praise their venturous part , Who tamper with such dangerous art , Lay of the Last Minstrel . IN TWO VOLUMES . - VOL . II . PHILADELPHIA : PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. MAXWELL .. 1820 . ND LENOX X LIBRARY NEW YORK GUY ...
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... hour sooner . The old lady is to be buried on Mon- day ; it is the orphan's cause , and we'll borrow an hour from the Sunday to talk over this business- although I fear nothing can be done if she has al- tered her settlement - unless ...
... hour sooner . The old lady is to be buried on Mon- day ; it is the orphan's cause , and we'll borrow an hour from the Sunday to talk over this business- although I fear nothing can be done if she has al- tered her settlement - unless ...
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... him safe home at whatever hour you appoint ; so that Mr. Barnes there may be left to the freedom of his own will . ' This was easily arranged , and the Colonel çom- mitted the Dominie to the charge of this man while 58 GUY MANNERING .
... him safe home at whatever hour you appoint ; so that Mr. Barnes there may be left to the freedom of his own will . ' This was easily arranged , and the Colonel çom- mitted the Dominie to the charge of this man while 58 GUY MANNERING .
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... hour , Mannering went to a small house in the suburbs to the southward of the city , where he found the place of mourning , indi- cated , as usual in Scotland , by two rueful figures with long black cloaks , white crapes and hatban ds ...
... hour , Mannering went to a small house in the suburbs to the southward of the city , where he found the place of mourning , indi- cated , as usual in Scotland , by two rueful figures with long black cloaks , white crapes and hatban ds ...
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... hour - glasses , and death's heads , and cross bones garnished the following sprig of sepulchral poetry to the memory of the founder of the mausoleum : Nathaniel's heart , Bezaleel's hand , If ever any had , These boldly do I say had he ...
... hour - glasses , and death's heads , and cross bones garnished the following sprig of sepulchral poetry to the memory of the founder of the mausoleum : Nathaniel's heart , Bezaleel's hand , If ever any had , These boldly do I say had he ...
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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.