Guy Mannering; Or, The AstrologerMaxwell, 1820 - 241 pages |
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Page 15
... stood away towards the Point of Warroch , until he could no longer distinguish the dusky sail from the gloomy waves over which it glided . Satisfied then that the immediate danger was averted , he retired with somewhat more composure to ...
... stood away towards the Point of Warroch , until he could no longer distinguish the dusky sail from the gloomy waves over which it glided . Satisfied then that the immediate danger was averted , he retired with somewhat more composure to ...
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... stood here in life and health ! But these regrets are all too late . ' 6 C Stifling , therefore , his feelings , he crept forward to the cave , which was so near the spot where the body was found , that the smugglers might have heard ...
... stood here in life and health ! But these regrets are all too late . ' 6 C Stifling , therefore , his feelings , he crept forward to the cave , which was so near the spot where the body was found , that the smugglers might have heard ...
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... stood had a window to the close , which admitted a little light during the day time , and a villanous compound of smells at all times , but more especially towards evening . Corres- ponding to this window was a borrowed light on the ...
... stood had a window to the close , which admitted a little light during the day time , and a villanous compound of smells at all times , but more especially towards evening . Corres- ponding to this window was a borrowed light on the ...
Page 47
... stood aghast a moment - and then exclaimed , ' it's him , sure enough - De'il o ' the like o ' that I ever saw ! ' At the sound of Mr. Dinmont and Colonel Mannering wanting to speak to you , sir , Pleydell turned his head , and blushed ...
... stood aghast a moment - and then exclaimed , ' it's him , sure enough - De'il o ' the like o ' that I ever saw ! ' At the sound of Mr. Dinmont and Colonel Mannering wanting to speak to you , sir , Pleydell turned his head , and blushed ...
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... stood at first uncertain whether to advance or retreat , now resolved to en- ter for the moment into the whim of the scene , though internally fretting at Mac - Morlan for send- ing him to consult with a crack - brained humourist . He ...
... stood at first uncertain whether to advance or retreat , now resolved to en- ter for the moment into the whim of the scene , though internally fretting at Mac - Morlan for send- ing him to consult with a crack - brained humourist . 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
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.