Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 2James 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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Page 111
... give me your promise , and mind that you owe your life to me this blessed night . " -- " There's wildness in her manner , certainly , " thought Brown , " and yet it is more like the wildness of energy than of madness.- --- " Well ...
... give me your promise , and mind that you owe your life to me this blessed night . " -- " There's wildness in her manner , certainly , " thought Brown , " and yet it is more like the wildness of energy than of madness.- --- " Well ...
Page 114
... give them , of very considerable value . Brown was equally astonished and em- barrassed by the circumstances in which he found himself , possessed , as he now seemed to be , of property to a much greater amount than his own , but which ...
... give them , of very considerable value . Brown was equally astonished and em- barrassed by the circumstances in which he found himself , possessed , as he now seemed to be , of property to a much greater amount than his own , but which ...
Page 131
... much more deco- rously she goes through all the honours of the tea - table - Lord , papa , what if you should give her a right to preside once and for ever ! ' Julia , my dear , you are either a fool GUY MANNERING . 131.
... much more deco- rously she goes through all the honours of the tea - table - Lord , papa , what if you should give her a right to preside once and for ever ! ' Julia , my dear , you are either a fool GUY MANNERING . 131.
Page 133
... give it the rein . upon a subject so delicate . If you do not respect the feelings of your surviving pa- rent towards the memory of her whom you have lost , attend at least to the sacred claims of misfortune ; and observe , that the ...
... give it the rein . upon a subject so delicate . If you do not respect the feelings of your surviving pa- rent towards the memory of her whom you have lost , attend at least to the sacred claims of misfortune ; and observe , that the ...
Page 134
... means so very ardent a lover as to hurry the object of his attachment into such inconsiderate steps . He gives one full time to reflect , that must be admitted . However , I will not blame him unheard , nor 134 GUY MANNERING .
... means so very ardent a lover as to hurry the object of his attachment into such inconsiderate steps . He gives one full time to reflect , that must be admitted . However , I will not blame him unheard , nor 134 GUY MANNERING .
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Page 165 - 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 119 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate.
Page 290 - 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 278 - Dark but not awful, dismal but yet mean, With anxious bustle moves the cumbrous scene; Presents no objects tender or profound, But spreads its cold unmeaning gloom around.