Tales of my landlord, collected and arranged by Jedediah Cleishbotham, Том 4 |
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... hath set at liberty the prisoner taken by my own right hand , through means of whom , I have little doubt , the possession of the place of strength which hath wrought us such trouble , might now have been in our hands ! " " But is it ...
... hath set at liberty the prisoner taken by my own right hand , through means of whom , I have little doubt , the possession of the place of strength which hath wrought us such trouble , might now have been in our hands ! " " But is it ...
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... able to be openly resisted- " Who will go up to their camp , knowing that Grahame of Claverhouse hath sworn to hang up whomsoever we shall dispatch towards . them , in revenge of the death of the young 16 TALES OF MY LANDLORD .
... able to be openly resisted- " Who will go up to their camp , knowing that Grahame of Claverhouse hath sworn to hang up whomsoever we shall dispatch towards . them , in revenge of the death of the young 16 TALES OF MY LANDLORD .
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... hath not taken a Babylonish garment , but he hath sold the garment of righteousness to the woman of Babylon - he hath not ta- ken two hundred shekels of fine silver , but he hath bartered the truth , which is more precious than shekels ...
... hath not taken a Babylonish garment , but he hath sold the garment of righteousness to the woman of Babylon - he hath not ta- ken two hundred shekels of fine silver , but he hath bartered the truth , which is more precious than shekels ...
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... hath well said that all is lost , if the enemy win the bridge - therefore lett me not- Shall the children of this generation be called wiser or braver than the children of the sanctuary ? -Array yourselves under your leaders - let us ...
... hath well said that all is lost , if the enemy win the bridge - therefore lett me not- Shall the children of this generation be called wiser or braver than the children of the sanctuary ? -Array yourselves under your leaders - let us ...
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... hath left valiant Burley in the midst of the slaughter ! " " I do not fly , " said Morton . " I come to lead you to the attack . Advance boldly , ' and we shall yet do well . " " Follow him not ! -Follow him not ! " - Such were the ...
... hath left valiant Burley in the midst of the slaughter ! " " I do not fly , " said Morton . " I come to lead you to the attack . Advance boldly , ' and we shall yet do well . " " Follow him not ! -Follow him not ! " - Such were the ...
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Страница 95 - When I think of death, Mr Morton, as a thing worth thinking of, it is in the hope of pressing one day some well-fought and hard-won field of battle, and dying with the shout of victory in my ear— that would be worth dying for, and more, it would be worth having lived for...
Страница 95 - ... die — it has struck — you are alive and safe, and the lot has fallen on those fellows who were to murder you. — It is not the expiring pang that is worth thinking of in an event that must happen one day, and may befall us on any given moment — it is the memory which the soldier leaves behind him, like the long train of light that follows the sunken sun — that is all which is worth caring for, which distinguishes the death of the brave or the ignoble.