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Page v
... even afford an opportunity of showing my gratitude for your hospitality . Let me
only request that I may be informed of the exact minute of the birth ; and I hope to
be able to put you in possession of some particulars which may influence in an.
... even afford an opportunity of showing my gratitude for your hospitality . Let me
only request that I may be informed of the exact minute of the birth ; and I hope to
be able to put you in possession of some particulars which may influence in an.
Page viii
There was no hope of remedy , save that he showed steadiness of mind in the
study of the Scriptures . He suffers , ' continued the letter of the sage , ' from the
awakening of those harpies the passions , which have slept with him , as with
others ...
There was no hope of remedy , save that he showed steadiness of mind in the
study of the Scriptures . He suffers , ' continued the letter of the sage , ' from the
awakening of those harpies the passions , which have slept with him , as with
others ...
Page ix
But you are come at last , and we will hope for the best , though the conflict in
which you are to be engaged will be found more dreadful the longer it is
postponed . But first accept of such refreshments as nature requires to satisfy , but
not to ...
But you are come at last , and we will hope for the best , though the conflict in
which you are to be engaged will be found more dreadful the longer it is
postponed . But first accept of such refreshments as nature requires to satisfy , but
not to ...
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He was occasionally betrayed into a deceitful hope that the end of his journey
was near by the apparition of a twinkling light or two ; but , as he came up , he
was disappointed to find that the gleams proceeded from some of those farm -
houses ...
He was occasionally betrayed into a deceitful hope that the end of his journey
was near by the apparition of a twinkling light or two ; but , as he came up , he
was disappointed to find that the gleams proceeded from some of those farm -
houses ...
Page 3
This hope , however , was not speedily accomplished , and Mannering , whose
impatience made every furlong seem three , began to think that Kippletringan
was actually retreating before him in proportion to his advance . It was now very ...
This hope , however , was not speedily accomplished , and Mannering , whose
impatience made every furlong seem three , began to think that Kippletringan
was actually retreating before him in proportion to his advance . It was now very ...
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Page 333 - 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 204 - A man may see how this world goes, with no eyes. Look with thine ears: see how yon' justice rails upon yon' simple thief. Hark, in thine ear: Change places; and, handydandy, which is the justice, which is the thief?
Page 19 - ... intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The power, the beauty, and the majesty, That had their haunts in dale, or piny mountain, Or forest by slow stream, or pebbly spring. Or chasms and wat'ry depths ; all these have vanished They live no longer in the faith of reason ! But still the heart doth need a language, still Doth the old instinct bring back the old names...
Page 96 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 34 - With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and...
Page 19 - For fable is Love's world, his home, his birthplace : Delightedly dwells he 'mong fays and talismans, And spirits ; and delightedly believes Divinities, being himself divine. The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion...
Page 246 - ... the ancient and now forgotten pastime of high jinks* This game was played in several different ways. Most frequently the dice were thrown by the * See High Jinks. Note 1. company, and those upon whom the lot fell were obliged to assume and maintain for a time a certain fictitious character, or to repeat a certain number of fescennine verses in a particular order. If they departed from the characters assigned, or if their memory proved treacherous in the repetition, they incurred forfeits, which...
Page 90 - To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours : Where are they ? With the years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands despatch : How much is to be done? My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — on what ? a fathomless abyss...
Page 141 - I have six terriers at hame, forbye twa couple of slow-hunds, five grews, and a wheen other dogs. There's auld Pepper and auld Mustard, and young Pepper and young Mustard, and little Pepper and little Mustard. I had them a' regularly entered, first wi' rottens, then wi' stots or weasels, and then wi' the tods and brocks, and now they fear naething that ever cam wi...
Page 96 - I'll be no burden ; I have thought how to prevent that. But, as Euth said unto Naomi, " Entreat me not to leave thee, nor to depart from thee ; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou dwellest I will dwell ; thy people shall be my people, and thy God shall be my God. Where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death do part thee and me.
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| Title | Guy Mannering or the astrologer Volume 2 of Waverley Novels, Walter Scott |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Publisher | Gebbie, 1896 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 19 Mar 2008 |
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