Guy Mannering; Or, The AstrologerMaxwell, 1820 - 241 pages |
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... occasion- ed , Glossin rode slowly back to Ellangowan , ponder- ing on what he had heard , and more convinced that the active and successful prosecution of this mysteri ous business was an opportunity of ingratiating him- self with ...
... occasion- ed , Glossin rode slowly back to Ellangowan , ponder- ing on what he had heard , and more convinced that the active and successful prosecution of this mysteri ous business was an opportunity of ingratiating him- self with ...
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... occasion to be particular , tell the essentials . ' ' Weel , so we sat niffering about some brandy that I said I wanted , till he came in . ' ' Who ? ' ' He ! ' pointing with his thumb inverted to the kitchen , where the prisoner was in ...
... occasion to be particular , tell the essentials . ' ' Weel , so we sat niffering about some brandy that I said I wanted , till he came in . ' ' Who ? ' ' He ! ' pointing with his thumb inverted to the kitchen , where the prisoner was in ...
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... occasion he was recovered by Barnes , who understood his humour , when , after engaging in close colloquy with the ... occasions forgot his friend , patron , and fellow - traveller , as completely as if he had been in the East - Indies ...
... occasion he was recovered by Barnes , who understood his humour , when , after engaging in close colloquy with the ... occasions forgot his friend , patron , and fellow - traveller , as completely as if he had been in the East - Indies ...
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... occasion , the revel had lasted since four o'clock , and , at length , under the direction of a venerable compotator , who had shared the sports and festivity of three generations ; the frolicksome company had begun to practise the ...
... occasion , the revel had lasted since four o'clock , and , at length , under the direction of a venerable compotator , who had shared the sports and festivity of three generations ; the frolicksome company had begun to practise the ...
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... murmurs there were upon the occasion , and our friend Dinmont gave more open offence , being unable either to repress his discontent , or to utter it in the key I 2 GUY MANNERING . 65 'And what does little Jenny Gibson get?' ...
... murmurs there were upon the occasion , and our friend Dinmont gave more open offence , being unable either to repress his discontent , or to utter it in the key I 2 GUY MANNERING . 65 'And what does little Jenny Gibson get?' ...
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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.