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... formation which they afforded . was distant at first , a gay bit . k a Kippletringan Then the « gay bit " was more accurately described , as , « aiblins three miles ; then the three miles » diminished into « like a mile and a bittock ...
... formation which they afforded . was distant at first , a gay bit . k a Kippletringan Then the « gay bit " was more accurately described , as , « aiblins three miles ; then the three miles » diminished into « like a mile and a bittock ...
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... formed the only remarkable expression of his features , although they were rather handsome than otherwise . In fact his physiognomy indicated the inanity of character which pervaded his life . I will give the reader some insight into ...
... formed the only remarkable expression of his features , although they were rather handsome than otherwise . In fact his physiognomy indicated the inanity of character which pervaded his life . I will give the reader some insight into ...
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... formed one side of a small and placid bay on the sea - shore . The modern man- sion was situated lower , though closely adjoin- ing , and the ground behind it descended to the sea by a small swelling green bank , divided into levels by ...
... formed one side of a small and placid bay on the sea - shore . The modern man- sion was situated lower , though closely adjoin- ing , and the ground behind it descended to the sea by a small swelling green bank , divided into levels by ...
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... astrology . He hesitated a good deal , what he should say to the Laird of Ellangowan , concerning the ho- roscope of his first - born ; and , at length , resolved plainly to tell him the judgment which he had formed 36 GUY MANNERING .
... astrology . He hesitated a good deal , what he should say to the Laird of Ellangowan , concerning the ho- roscope of his first - born ; and , at length , resolved plainly to tell him the judgment which he had formed 36 GUY MANNERING .
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... formed , at the same time acquainting him with the futility of the rules of art on which he had proceeded . With this resolution he walked out upon the terrace . If the view of the scene around Ellangowan had been pleasing by moonlight ...
... formed , at the same time acquainting him with the futility of the rules of art on which he had proceeded . With this resolution he walked out upon the terrace . If the view of the scene around Ellangowan had been pleasing by moonlight ...
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Página 150 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. 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?
Página 31 - 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, And to yon starry world they now are gone, Spirits or gods, that used to share this earth With man as with their friend...
Página 160 - 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.
Página 31 - The 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...
Página 128 - God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill. And yet we say we must, for Reputation ! What honest man can either fear his own, Or else will hurt another's reputation? Fear to do base unworthy things is valour ; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.
Página 32 - Come and see ! trust thine own eyes ! A fearful sign stands in the house of life...
Página 55 - With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and...
Página 66 - Many murders have been discovered among them; and they are not only a most unspeakable oppression to poor tenants (who if they give not bread, or some kind of provision to perhaps forty such villains in one day, are sure to be insulted by them) but they rob many poor people who live in houses distant from any neighbourhood. In years of plenty...
Página 41 - Twist ye, twine ye! even so Mingle shades of joy and woe, Hope, and fear, and peace, and strife, In the thread of human life.
Página 82 - Yes ; there's thirty yonder, from the auld wife of an hundred to the babe that was born last week, that ye have turned out o' their bits o' bields, to sleep with the tod and the black-cock in the muirs ! Ride your ways, Ellangowan.