Guy Mannering; Or, The Astrologer |
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Page 42
... feeling that her figure , her employment , and her situation , conveyed the exact impression of an ancient sibyl . She sate upon a broken corner - stone in the angle of a paved apartment , part of which she had swept clean to afford a ...
... feeling that her figure , her employment , and her situation , conveyed the exact impression of an ancient sibyl . She sate upon a broken corner - stone in the angle of a paved apartment , part of which she had swept clean to afford a ...
Page 44
... feelings easily combined with a familiar fondness towards those who inspire them . But the boyish frolics , the exulting high spirits , the unreflecting mirth of a sailor , when enjoying himself on shore , temper the more formidable ...
... feelings easily combined with a familiar fondness towards those who inspire them . But the boyish frolics , the exulting high spirits , the unreflecting mirth of a sailor , when enjoying himself on shore , temper the more formidable ...
Page 54
... feelings , or verbal expressions , he gave full current to the new- born zeal of office , and endeavoured to express his sense of the honour conferred upon him , by an unmitigated activity in the discharge of his duty . New brooms , it ...
... feelings , or verbal expressions , he gave full current to the new- born zeal of office , and endeavoured to express his sense of the honour conferred upon him , by an unmitigated activity in the discharge of his duty . New brooms , it ...
Page 61
... feeling , or perhaps of assuming , the Laird commanded them to descend ; they paid no attention to his mandate : he then began to pull them down one after another ; they resisted , pas- sively at least , each sturdy bronzed varlet ...
... feeling , or perhaps of assuming , the Laird commanded them to descend ; they paid no attention to his mandate : he then began to pull them down one after another ; they resisted , pas- sively at least , each sturdy bronzed varlet ...
Page 64
... feeling had deterred Ellangowan from attending in person to see his tenants expelled . He left the exe- cutive part of the business to the officers of the law , under the immediate direction of Frank Kennedy , a supervisor , or 64.
... feeling had deterred Ellangowan from attending in person to see his tenants expelled . He left the exe- cutive part of the business to the officers of the law , under the immediate direction of Frank Kennedy , a supervisor , or 64.
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Allonby answered appearance Astrologer auld Aweel bairn better called Captain castle character Charles Hazlewood Charlies-hope Colonel Mannering counsellor Dandie dear Derncleugh deyvil Dinmont Dirk Hatteraick Dominie Sampson door Ellangowan eyes father favour fear feelings fellow frae Frank Kennedy gentleman gipsy Glossin gude Guy Mannering hand Hazlewood-house head heard honour horse Julia justice justice of peace Kennedy Kippletringan Laird Liddesdale light look Lucy Bertram lugger Mac-Candlish Mac-Guffog Mac-Morlan mair Mannering's Matilda maun Merrilies mind Miss Bertram Miss Mannering morning muckle naething never night observed occasion ower person Pleydell poor Portanferry postilion prisoner recollection replied round ruin scene Scotland seemed Singleside Sir Robert Hazlewood smugglers stranger supposed tell there's thing thought tion turned Vanbeest Brown voice Warroch weel window woman wood Woodbourne young Hazlewood young lady younker