Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 3James Ballantyne and Company For Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; and Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh., 1815 - Astrologers - 358 pages |
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... give and receive every explanation which might be necessary with young Hazlewood . " If he is not very wrong - headed indeed , " he thought , " he must allow the manner in which I acted to have been the neces- sary consequence of his ...
... give and receive every explanation which might be necessary with young Hazlewood . " If he is not very wrong - headed indeed , " he thought , " he must allow the manner in which I acted to have been the neces- sary consequence of his ...
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... give me leave to ask where you spent the night - not in the snow , I pre- sume ? you do not suppose that will pass , or be taken , credited , and received ? " " I beg leave , " said Bertram , his recol- lection turning to the gypsey ...
... give me leave to ask where you spent the night - not in the snow , I pre- sume ? you do not suppose that will pass , or be taken , credited , and received ? " " I beg leave , " said Bertram , his recol- lection turning to the gypsey ...
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... give his oath of credulity , Sir Robert , ha , ha , ha ! " " And what is your other witness , friend ? " said the Baronet . " A gentleman whom I have some re- luctance to mention , because of certain private reasons ; but under whose ...
... give his oath of credulity , Sir Robert , ha , ha , ha ! " " And what is your other witness , friend ? " said the Baronet . " A gentleman whom I have some re- luctance to mention , because of certain private reasons ; but under whose ...
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... give commis- sions very loosely , and carelessly , and in- accurately , in India - I think we had bet- ter pause till Colonel Mannering shall re- turn ; he is now , I believe , at Edinburgh . " " You are in every respect the best judge ...
... give commis- sions very loosely , and carelessly , and in- accurately , in India - I think we had bet- ter pause till Colonel Mannering shall re- turn ; he is now , I believe , at Edinburgh . " " You are in every respect the best judge ...
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... give no positive , settled , or unalterable judgment , declaration , or opinion . I say therefore , sir , Mr Brown , we have determined , considering the un- pleasant predicament in which you now stand , having been robbed , as you say ...
... give no positive , settled , or unalterable judgment , declaration , or opinion . I say therefore , sir , Mr Brown , we have determined , considering the un- pleasant predicament in which you now stand , having been robbed , as you say ...
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acromion process Allonby ance answered arms auld Aweel Baronet better called Captain carriage castle Charles Hazlewood Colonel Mannering counsellor custom-house dear Derncleugh deyvil Dinmont dinna Dirk Hatteraick Dominie door eyes father favour feelings fire follow frae Glossin gude GUY MANNERING gypsey hand Hazlewood of Hazlewood Hazlewood-house hear heard heart Henry Bertram honour horse Julia kenn'd Kippletringan ladies Laird late Ellangowan Liddesdale light look Lucy Mac-Guffog Mac-Morlan mair Mannering's maun mean Meg Merrilies ment Merrilies mind Miss Bertram Miss Mannering morning murder neighbour never night ower person Pleydell Portanferry prisoner recollection respect ruin Sampson Scotland Sir Robert Hazlewood smugglers spect suppose tailzie tell there's thing thought tion tram turn Vanbeest Brown voice weel wood Woodbourne ye'll young Hazle young Hazlewood younker zlewood
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Page 133 - Ecstasy! My pulse, as yours, doth temperately keep time, And makes as healthful music. It is not madness That I have utter'd : bring me to the test, And I the matter will re-word, which madness Would gambol from.
Page 76 - A prison is a house of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive. Sometimes a place of right, Sometimes a place of wrong, Sometimes a place of rogues and thieves, And honest men among.
Page 39 - I'll see their trial first : — Bring in the evidence. — Thou robed man of justice, take thy place;— [To EDGAR. And thou, his yoke-fellow of equity, [To the Fool. Bench by his side: — You are of the commission, Sit you too.
Page 177 - Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely ; And at his elbow, Souter Johnny, His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony ; Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither ; They had been fou for weeks thegither. The night drave on wi...
Page 33 - I remember the tune well,' he says, 'though I cannot guess what should at present so strongly recall it to my memory.' He took his flageolet from his pocket and played a simple melody. Apparently the tune awoke the corresponding associations of a damsel.