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... around it , and , being only visible to the eye when at some distance , ceases to be distinguished while the foot is actually treading it - along this faintly- traced path advances the object of our present nar- rative GUY MANNERING; ...
... around it , and , being only visible to the eye when at some distance , ceases to be distinguished while the foot is actually treading it - along this faintly- traced path advances the object of our present nar- rative GUY MANNERING; ...
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... present nar- rative . His firm step , his erect and free carriage , have a military air , which corresponds well with his well - proportioned limbs , and stature of six feet high . His dress is so plain and simple that it in- dicates ...
... present nar- rative . His firm step , his erect and free carriage , have a military air , which corresponds well with his well - proportioned limbs , and stature of six feet high . His dress is so plain and simple that it in- dicates ...
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... present inhabitants ; those freebooters , namely , to whose exploits the wars be- tween England and Scotland bear witness . Descending by a path towards a well - known ford , Dumple crossed the small river , and then quickening his pace ...
... present inhabitants ; those freebooters , namely , to whose exploits the wars be- tween England and Scotland bear witness . Descending by a path towards a well - known ford , Dumple crossed the small river , and then quickening his pace ...
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... present store - farmers of the south of Scot- land are a much more refined race than their fa- thers , and the manners I am now to describe have either altogether disappeared , or are greatly modi- fied . Without losing the rural ...
... present store - farmers of the south of Scot- land are a much more refined race than their fa- thers , and the manners I am now to describe have either altogether disappeared , or are greatly modi- fied . Without losing the rural ...
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... , which shed a strong , though partial light upon the water . Upon the present occasion , the principal party were embarked in a crazy boat upon a part of the river which was enlarged and deepened by the 44 GUY MANNERING . CHAPTER V. ...
... , which shed a strong , though partial light upon the water . Upon the present occasion , the principal party were embarked in a crazy boat upon a part of the river which was enlarged and deepened by the 44 GUY MANNERING . CHAPTER V. ...
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Page 339 - 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 85 - As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate. So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet...
Page 298 - 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 268 - I remember the tune well, 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...
Page 452 - MAGISTRATE. I hear thy words, I feel thy pain; Forbear awhile to speak thy woes; Receive our aid, and then again The story of thy life disclose. 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.
Page 35 - Grins fell destruction, to the monster's heart Let the dart lighten from the nervous arm. These Britain knows not; give, ye Britons, then Your sportive fury, pitiless, to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold Him, from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.
Page 205 - 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.