Guy Mannering, Volume 2Ticknor and Fields, 1857 |
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... means to warn him of his danger ? Then poor Lucy's ill - concealed grief , occasioned by her lover's wound , is another source of distress to me , and everything round me appears to bear witness against that indiscretion which has ...
... means to warn him of his danger ? Then poor Lucy's ill - concealed grief , occasioned by her lover's wound , is another source of distress to me , and everything round me appears to bear witness against that indiscretion which has ...
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... means by which he had raised his fortune . With the common people his reputation stood still worse . They would neither yield him the territorial appellation of Ellangowan , nor the usual compliment of Mr. Glossin ; -with them he was ...
... means by which he had raised his fortune . With the common people his reputation stood still worse . They would neither yield him the territorial appellation of Ellangowan , nor the usual compliment of Mr. Glossin ; -with them he was ...
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... means of retaliation . The having been concerned in these practices abstractedly , was a circumstance which , according to his opinion , ought in no respect to interfere with his now using his * The tongue of the trump is the wire of ...
... means of retaliation . The having been concerned in these practices abstractedly , was a circumstance which , according to his opinion , ought in no respect to interfere with his now using his * The tongue of the trump is the wire of ...
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... mean landed proprie- tors and gentlemen of weight in the county ; and I should like to set such a thing a - going . " The short dry cough with which Mrs. Mac - Candlish received this proposal , by no means indicated any dislike to the ...
... mean landed proprie- tors and gentlemen of weight in the county ; and I should like to set such a thing a - going . " The short dry cough with which Mrs. Mac - Candlish received this proposal , by no means indicated any dislike to the ...
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... means . " Glossin extricated himself from the Deacon's grasp , and from the discussion , though not with rudeness ; for it was his present interest to buy golden opinions from all sorts of people . He inquired the price of tea and sugar ...
... means . " Glossin extricated himself from the Deacon's grasp , and from the discussion , though not with rudeness ; for it was his present interest to buy golden opinions from all sorts of people . He inquired the price of tea and sugar ...
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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.