Guy Mannering, Volume 2Ticknor and Fields, 1857 |
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... give you a comic account of his astonishment at the apathy with which we heard of the wounds and mutilation suffered by Thomas Aquinas , or the venerable Chrysostom . But I am not in spirits , and I have yet another and a more in ...
... give you a comic account of his astonishment at the apathy with which we heard of the wounds and mutilation suffered by Thomas Aquinas , or the venerable Chrysostom . But I am not in spirits , and I have yet another and a more in ...
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... give half - a - crown to a beggar because he had thrice called him Ellangowan , in beseeching him for a penny . He therefore felt acutely the general want of respect , and particularly when he contrasted his own character and reception ...
... give half - a - crown to a beggar because he had thrice called him Ellangowan , in beseeching him for a penny . He therefore felt acutely the general want of respect , and particularly when he contrasted his own character and reception ...
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... no respect to interfere with his now using his * The tongue of the trump is the wire of the Jew's harp , that which gives sound to the whole instrument . experience in behalf of the public , or rather to 22 WAVERLEY NOVELS .
... no respect to interfere with his now using his * The tongue of the trump is the wire of the Jew's harp , that which gives sound to the whole instrument . experience in behalf of the public , or rather to 22 WAVERLEY NOVELS .
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... give vent to all her surprise and indignation , now began to inquire whether the suspected person had left any property or papers about the inn . “ Troth , he put a parcel - a sma ' parcel , under my charge , and he gave me some siller ...
... give vent to all her surprise and indignation , now began to inquire whether the suspected person had left any property or papers about the inn . “ Troth , he put a parcel - a sma ' parcel , under my charge , and he gave me some siller ...
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... give these people double allowance of grog . Mac- Guffog will fall in the trap in which he caught you . The stancheons on the window of the strong room , as they call it , are wasted to pieces , and it is not above twelve feet from the ...
... give these people double allowance of grog . Mac- Guffog will fall in the trap in which he caught you . The stancheons on the window of the strong room , as they call it , are wasted to pieces , and it is not above twelve feet from the ...
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Page 91 - Vandyke, and surrounded with books, the best editions of the best authors, and in particular, an admirable collection of classics. ' These,' said Pleydell, ' are my tools of trade. 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...
Page 294 - For though, seduced and led astray, Thou'st travell'd far and wander'd long, Thy God hath seen thee all the way, And all the turns that led thee wrong. The Hall of Justice.
Page 84 - Dark but not awful, dismal but yet mean, With anxious bustle moves the cumbrous scene ; Presents no objects tender or...
Page 215 - Wi' coulters, and wi' forehammers, We garr'd the bars bang merrilie, Until we came to the inner prison, Where Willie o' Kinmont he did lie. And when we cam to the lower prison, Where Willie o...
Page 200 - Bring me to the test, And I the matter will re-word, which madness Would gambol from. Mother, for love of grace, Lay not that flattering unction to your soul, That not your trespass, but my madness speaks.