Guy Mannering or the astrologerGebbie, 1896 |
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... weel trust the care o ' his bairn to a potatoe bogle ' ; but the good Dominie bore all his disasters with gravity and serenity equally imperturbable . ' Pro - di - gi - ous ! ' was the only ejaculation they ever extorted from the much ...
... weel trust the care o ' his bairn to a potatoe bogle ' ; but the good Dominie bore all his disasters with gravity and serenity equally imperturbable . ' Pro - di - gi - ous ! ' was the only ejaculation they ever extorted from the much ...
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... weel in the warld as they have been ; but we're a ' subject to ups and downs in this life , as your honour must needs ken , but is not the tobacco - reek disagreeable to your honour ? ' - ' By no means , ma'am ; I am an old campaigner ...
... weel in the warld as they have been ; but we're a ' subject to ups and downs in this life , as your honour must needs ken , but is not the tobacco - reek disagreeable to your honour ? ' - ' By no means , ma'am ; I am an old campaigner ...
Page 72
... weel it's no twenty years , ' said the landlady ; ' it's no abune seventeen at the outside in this very month . It made an unco noise ower a ' this country ; the bairn disappeared the very day that Supervisor Kennedy cam by his end . If ...
... weel it's no twenty years , ' said the landlady ; ' it's no abune seventeen at the outside in this very month . It made an unco noise ower a ' this country ; the bairn disappeared the very day that Supervisor Kennedy cam by his end . If ...
Page 73
... Weel , he was admitted ; and when the lady was delivered , he craved to know the very moment of the hour of the birth , and he went out and consulted the stars . And when he came back he tell'd the Laird that the Evil One wad have power ...
... Weel , he was admitted ; and when the lady was delivered , he craved to know the very moment of the hour of the birth , and he went out and consulted the stars . And when he came back he tell'd the Laird that the Evil One wad have power ...
Page 74
... weel - faured , weel - dressed lad , like an Englishman . And I tell ye he had as gude a hat , and boots , and gloves , as ony gentleman need to have . To be sure he did gie an awesome glance up at the auld castle , and there was some ...
... weel - faured , weel - dressed lad , like an Englishman . And I tell ye he had as gude a hat , and boots , and gloves , as ony gentleman need to have . To be sure he did gie an awesome glance up at the auld castle , and there was some ...
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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.
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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...
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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.