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Guy Mannering

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

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--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.
THOMSON'S Seasons.
Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.
All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
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Guy Mannering

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of Guy Mannering is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/30 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
--Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.
Line 2
Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.
Line 3
THOMSON'S Seasons.
Line 4
Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.
Line 5
All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

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a

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

absence

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

all

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From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.

an

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

and

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From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.

at

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From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.

Britons

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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.

Brown

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From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.

chase

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From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.

comfortable

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

craggy

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From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.

dry

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

early

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From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.

English

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

establishment

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From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.

eye

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

farm-house

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

fold

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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.

friend

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From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.

from

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From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.

fury

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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.

garden

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

Give

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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.

haunts

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From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.

Him

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From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.

his

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From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.

house

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

in

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From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.

Let

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From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.

little

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

look

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From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.

looking

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

Loose

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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.

make

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

morning

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From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.

much

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

neatnesses

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

neglected

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

neighbourhood

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

new

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From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.

nightly

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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.

no

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

of

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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.

on

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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.

or

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

out

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From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.

pains

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

paltry

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

pitiless

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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.

pleasure

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

pour

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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.

pursue

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From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.

robber

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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.

rose

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From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.

rough

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

Seasons

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From this reading THOMSON'S Seasons.

so

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

sportive

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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.

taken

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

the

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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.

then

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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.

THOMSON'S

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From this reading THOMSON'S Seasons.

those

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

thunder

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From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.

to

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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.

total

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

unearth'd

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From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.

vicinity

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

walked

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From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.

was

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

which

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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.

winding

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From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.

ye

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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.

Your

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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.

Chapter 18 of Guy Mannering by Walter Scott holds 152 sentences, grouped into 31 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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Chapter 18 holds 152 sentences of Guy Mannering, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 18 of Guy Mannering by Walter Scott exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 152 sentences, grouped into 31 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

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Looking
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Round
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Dreary
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Region
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