Guy Mannering, Volume 2Ticknor and Fields, 1857 |
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... sound of horses ' feet , advancing very fast up the avenue . The ground was hardened by a severe frost , which made the clatter of the hoofs sound yet louder and sharper . In a moment two or three men , armed , mounted , and each ...
... sound of horses ' feet , advancing very fast up the avenue . The ground was hardened by a severe frost , which made the clatter of the hoofs sound yet louder and sharper . In a moment two or three men , armed , mounted , and each ...
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... sound , which , at a distance , was like the rushing of a stream of water , but , as it approached , we distinguished the thick - beating clang of a number of horses advancing very fast . I had arranged a loop - hole for myself , from ...
... sound , which , at a distance , was like the rushing of a stream of water , but , as it approached , we distinguished the thick - beating clang of a number of horses advancing very fast . I had arranged a loop - hole for myself , from ...
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... 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 .
... 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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... sound . His situation was perilous in the extreme , for the schemes of a life of villany seemed at once to be crumbling around and above him . He laid himself to rest , and tossed upon his pillow for a long time in vain . At length he ...
... sound . His situation was perilous in the extreme , for the schemes of a life of villany seemed at once to be crumbling around and above him . He laid himself to rest , and tossed upon his pillow for a long time in vain . At length he ...
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... sound , as of a body dropped from a height among the snow , announced that Hatteraick had com- pleted his escape , and shortly after Glossin beheld a dark figure , like a shadow , steal along the whitened beach , and reach the spot ...
... sound , as of a body dropped from a height among the snow , announced that Hatteraick had com- pleted his escape , and shortly after Glossin beheld a dark figure , like a shadow , steal along the whitened beach , and reach the spot ...
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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.