Guy Mannering, Volume 2Ticknor and Fields, 1857 |
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... 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- teresting incident to communicate . I feel , however , so much fatigued with ...
... 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- teresting incident to communicate . I feel , however , so much fatigued with ...
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... heard and understood him imperfectly . He snatched the gun from the servant , who had come up on a line with us , and , pointing the muzzle at Brown , commanded him to stand off at his peril . My screams , for my terror prevented my ...
... heard and understood him imperfectly . He snatched the gun from the servant , who had come up on a line with us , and , pointing the muzzle at Brown , commanded him to stand off at his peril . My screams , for my terror prevented my ...
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... heard , and more and more convinced that the active and successful prosecution of this mysterious business was an opportunity of ingratiating himself with Hazlewood and Mannering , to be on no account neglected . Perhaps , also , he ...
... heard , and more and more convinced that the active and successful prosecution of this mysterious business was an opportunity of ingratiating himself with Hazlewood and Mannering , to be on no account neglected . Perhaps , also , he ...
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... heard upon the stair , and in two or three minutes a man was introduced , handcuffed and fettered . He was thick , brawny , and muscular , and although his shagged and grizzled hair marked an age somewhat advanced , and his stature was ...
... heard upon the stair , and in two or three minutes a man was introduced , handcuffed and fettered . He was thick , brawny , and muscular , and although his shagged and grizzled hair marked an age somewhat advanced , and his stature was ...
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... heard Dirk Hatteraick , whom he imagined to be under sentence of death , confessing his crimes to a clergyman . " After the bloody deed was done , " said the penitent , we re- treated into a cave close beside , the secret of which was ...
... heard Dirk Hatteraick , whom he imagined to be under sentence of death , confessing his crimes to a clergyman . " After the bloody deed was done , " said the penitent , we re- treated into a cave close beside , the secret of which was ...
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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...
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.