Guy Mannering, Volume 2Ticknor and Fields, 1857 |
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... hands of the poor parson , and very nearly shot one of the excisemen . At this unexpected and involuntary explosion of his weapon , the Dominie ( such is his nick- name ) exclaimed , ' Prodigious ! ' which is his usual ejacu- lation ...
... hands of the poor parson , and very nearly shot one of the excisemen . At this unexpected and involuntary explosion of his weapon , the Dominie ( such is his nick- name ) exclaimed , ' Prodigious ! ' which is his usual ejacu- lation ...
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... hand- kerchiefs knotted about their heads , and all well armed with carbines , pistols , and cutlasses . I , who am a sol- dier's daughter , and accustomed to see war from my in- fancy , was never so terrified in my life as by the ...
... hand- kerchiefs knotted about their heads , and all well armed with carbines , pistols , and cutlasses . I , who am a sol- dier's daughter , and accustomed to see war from my in- fancy , was never so terrified in my life as by the ...
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... hand . Their fall discouraged the rest , who began to turn round their horses and a few shots fired at them soon sent them off , bearing along with them their slain or wounded companions . We could not observe that they suffered any ...
... hand . Their fall discouraged the rest , who began to turn round their horses and a few shots fired at them soon sent them off , bearing along with them their slain or wounded companions . We could not observe that they suffered any ...
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... hand , maintains that the piece was wrenched out of Hazlewood's hands , and deliberately pointed at his body , -and Lucy inclines to the same opinion . I do not suspect them of wilful exaggeration ; yet such is the fallacy of human ...
... hand , maintains that the piece was wrenched out of Hazlewood's hands , and deliberately pointed at his body , -and Lucy inclines to the same opinion . I do not suspect them of wilful exaggeration ; yet such is the fallacy of human ...
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... hand , which she perused very carefully , often taking off her spectacles to cast her eyes up to heaven , or perhaps to wipe a tear from them , for young Hazlewood was an especial favourite with the good dame . " Aweel , aweel , " she ...
... hand , which she perused very carefully , often taking off her spectacles to cast her eyes up to heaven , or perhaps to wipe a tear from them , for young Hazlewood was an especial favourite with the good dame . " Aweel , aweel , " she ...
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Allonby answered Bertram appearance arms auld Aweel Baronet better called canna Captain carriage Charles Hazlewood Colonel Mannering counsellor Dandie dear Derncleugh deyvil Dinmont dinna Dirk Hatteraick Dominie door Ellangowan eneugh eyes father favour feelings fellow frae gentleman gipsy Glossin GUY MANNERING hand Harry Bertram Hazle Hazlewood-House hear heard honest honour horse interest Jabos Jock Julia justice Kippletringan lady lawyer Liddesdale look Lucy Bertram Mac-Candlish Mac-Guffog Mac-Morlan mair Mannering's maun Merrilies Middleburgh mind Miss Bertram Miss Mannering morning muckle murder naething never night occasion ower person Pleydell Portanferry prisoner recollection replied respect Sampson Scotland Singleside Sir Robert Hazlewood smugglers speak stood stranger suppose tell teraick there's thought tion took turned Vanbeest Brown voice weel window woman wood Woodbourne ye'll young Hazlewood younker
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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...
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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.