Guy Mannering; Or, The AstrologerMaxwell, 1820 - 241 pages |
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... keep guard for the night in the old castle , un- der the full hope and belief that they would neither spend the night in watching nor prayer . There was little fear that Glossin himself should that night sleep over sound . His situation ...
... keep guard for the night in the old castle , un- der the full hope and belief that they would neither spend the night in watching nor prayer . There was little fear that Glossin himself should that night sleep over sound . His situation ...
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... keep myself alive by rambling up and down this d - d vault , and thinking about the mer- ry roues we have had in it . ' The flame now began to blaze sprightly , and Hat- teraick hung his bronzed visage , and expanded his hard and sinewy ...
... keep myself alive by rambling up and down this d - d vault , and thinking about the mer- ry roues we have had in it . ' The flame now began to blaze sprightly , and Hat- teraick hung his bronzed visage , and expanded his hard and sinewy ...
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... keep the younker's whole estate from him ? Dirk Hatteraick never touched a stiver of his rents . ' ' Hush - hush , I tell you it shall be a joint business . ' Why , will you give me half the kitt ? ' ( " What , half the estate ? d'ye ...
... keep the younker's whole estate from him ? Dirk Hatteraick never touched a stiver of his rents . ' ' Hush - hush , I tell you it shall be a joint business . ' Why , will you give me half the kitt ? ' ( " What , half the estate ? d'ye ...
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... sake - or old Meg , his aunt , will keep him quiet for her's . ' ' Which Meg ? ' ' Meg Merrilies , the old deyvil's limb of a gipsy witch . ' ' Is she still alive ? ' ' Yaw . ' ' And in this country ? ' ' And in GUY MANNERING . 27.
... sake - or old Meg , his aunt , will keep him quiet for her's . ' ' Which Meg ? ' ' Meg Merrilies , the old deyvil's limb of a gipsy witch . ' ' Is she still alive ? ' ' Yaw . ' ' And in this country ? ' ' And in GUY MANNERING . 27.
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... keeping ta crown o ' ta ' causeway tat gate -he'll no gang far , or he'll get some body to bell ta cat wi ' him . ' His shrewd augury , however , was not fulfilled . Those who recoiled from the collossal weight of Dinmont , upon looking ...
... keeping ta crown o ' ta ' causeway tat gate -he'll no gang far , or he'll get some body to bell ta cat wi ' him . ' His shrewd augury , however , was not fulfilled . Those who recoiled from the collossal weight of Dinmont , upon looking ...
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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.