Guy Mannering; Or, The AstrologerMaxwell, 1820 - 241 pages |
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... means of this investigation , an ac- count of Brown's proceedings , between the moment when we left him upon his road to Kippletringan , and the time when , stung by jealousy , he so rash- ly and unhappily presented himself before Julia ...
... means of this investigation , an ac- count of Brown's proceedings , between the moment when we left him upon his road to Kippletringan , and the time when , stung by jealousy , he so rash- ly and unhappily presented himself before Julia ...
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... mean . ' ' It was an affair in the course of business - and I have retired from business for some time . ' ' Ay , but I have a notion that I could make you go steady about , and try the old course again . Why , man , hold me der deyvil ...
... mean . ' ' It was an affair in the course of business - and I have retired from business for some time . ' ' Ay , but I have a notion that I could make you go steady about , and try the old course again . Why , man , hold me der deyvil ...
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... mean we should set up house together at Ellangowan , and take the ba- rony , ridge about ? ' ' Sturm - wetter , no ! but you might give me half the value - half the gelt . Live with you ? nein - I would have a lust haus of mine own on ...
... mean we should set up house together at Ellangowan , and take the ba- rony , ridge about ? ' ' Sturm - wetter , no ! but you might give me half the value - half the gelt . Live with you ? nein - I would have a lust haus of mine own on ...
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... means confined to the line of his profession . He had at different times resided a good deal in England , and his address was free both from country rusticity and professional pedan- try ; so that he had considerable powers both of ad ...
... means confined to the line of his profession . He had at different times resided a good deal in England , and his address was free both from country rusticity and professional pedan- try ; so that he had considerable powers both of ad ...
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... mean so well to Miss Bertram , that I could wish the whole world to hear my part of the conference . ' ' My friend Mr. Charles Hazlewood will not probably be anxious , Mr. Glossin , to listen to what cannot concern him-- and now when he ...
... mean so well to Miss Bertram , that I could wish the whole world to hear my part of the conference . ' ' My friend Mr. Charles Hazlewood will not probably be anxious , Mr. Glossin , to listen to what cannot concern him-- and now when he ...
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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.
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