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Page 42
... strong - hold to another , was at length obliged to abandon his valley , and to break away for a more distant retreat , those who watched his motions from the top slipped their greyhounds , which , excelling the fox in swiftness , and ...
... strong - hold to another , was at length obliged to abandon his valley , and to break away for a more distant retreat , those who watched his motions from the top slipped their greyhounds , which , excelling the fox in swiftness , and ...
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... 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. ...
... 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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... en- joyed the scene much more to his own satisfaction . Often he thought of his friend Dudley the artist , when he observed the effect produced by the strong red glare on the romantic banks under which the boat GUY MANNERING . 45.
... en- joyed the scene much more to his own satisfaction . Often he thought of his friend Dudley the artist , when he observed the effect produced by the strong red glare on the romantic banks under which the boat GUY MANNERING . 45.
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... strong light cast upon them by the blaze - But the fellow no sooner heard his voice , and saw , or rather concluded , it was Brown who approached him , than , instead of advancing his light , he let it drop , as if accidentally , in the ...
... strong light cast upon them by the blaze - But the fellow no sooner heard his voice , and saw , or rather concluded , it was Brown who approached him , than , instead of advancing his light , he let it drop , as if accidentally , in the ...
Page 49
... strong and his merry - men . All was hearty cheer and huzza , and jest and clamorous laughter , and bragging alternately , and raillery between whiles . Our traveller looked earnestly round for the dark countenance of the fox - hunter ...
... strong and his merry - men . All was hearty cheer and huzza , and jest and clamorous laughter , and bragging alternately , and raillery between whiles . Our traveller looked earnestly round for the dark countenance of the fox - hunter ...
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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.