Tales of my landlord, collected and arranged by Jedediah Cleishbotham, Том 4 |
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... , and also by the Laird of Lang-- cale , whom that active divine had contri ved to seduce , as Poundtext termed it . from the pure light in which he had been brought A.2 . OLD MORTALITY . 9 work by means, and these worldly men ...
... , and also by the Laird of Lang-- cale , whom that active divine had contri ved to seduce , as Poundtext termed it . from the pure light in which he had been brought A.2 . OLD MORTALITY . 9 work by means, and these worldly men ...
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sir Walter Scott (bart.) from the pure light in which he had been brought up . Thus united , they sent to the said Poundtext an invitation , or rather a summons , to attend a council at Tillietu- dlem . He remembered , however , that ...
sir Walter Scott (bart.) from the pure light in which he had been brought up . Thus united , they sent to the said Poundtext an invitation , or rather a summons , to attend a council at Tillietu- dlem . He remembered , however , that ...
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... light , let him follow Burley ! " - " Tarry , " replied Macbriar ; " it is not by Henry Morton , or such as him , that our goings - out and our comings in are to be meted ; therefore tarry with us . I fear treachery to the host from ...
... light , let him follow Burley ! " - " Tarry , " replied Macbriar ; " it is not by Henry Morton , or such as him , that our goings - out and our comings in are to be meted ; therefore tarry with us . I fear treachery to the host from ...
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... light , Morton had no diffi- culty in recognizing several of those zeal- ots who had most distinguished themselves by their intemperate opposition to all mo derate measures , together with their noted pastor , Ephraim Macbriar , and the ...
... light , Morton had no diffi- culty in recognizing several of those zeal- ots who had most distinguished themselves by their intemperate opposition to all mo derate measures , together with their noted pastor , Ephraim Macbriar , and the ...
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... light when it blazed before him . ” Silence being obtained , Morton proceed- ed to assert the good faith which he had displayed in the treaty with Monmouth , and the active part he had borne in the subsequent action . " I may not ...
... light when it blazed before him . ” Silence being obtained , Morton proceed- ed to assert the good faith which he had displayed in the treaty with Monmouth , and the active part he had borne in the subsequent action . " I may not ...
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Ailie answered Morton appeared arms auld Basil Olifant blood Bothwell Bridge Burley Cameronians canna Claverhouse command council countenance Dalzell death dragoons Duke Duke of Monmouth e'en Edith enemy Erastian Evandale's exclaimed eyes face Fairy-knowe favour fear frae gi'e Grahame gude Gudyill Halliday hand hast hath head hear heard heart Henry Morton hinny honour horse insurgents Irongray Jacobites Jenny kenn'd Lady Emily Lady Margaret Leddy look Lord Evan Lord Evandale Macbriar Maclure mair marriage maun ment Milnwood Miss Bellenden moderate party Monmouth mony morning neral never ower party person Poundtext Prince of Orange prisoner puir replied Cuddie replied Morton Scotland seemed shew soldiers speak stranger suld sword thae thee thing thou Tillietudlem tion trust turned voice weel whig wild window woman words ye'll
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Страница 24 - Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 'twas natural to please : His motions all accompanied with grace ; And paradise was open'd in his face.
Страница 89 - Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife ! To all the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.
Страница 46 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Страница 339 - ... tea, which, though excellent hyson, is necessarily weaker and more insipid in the last cup. N"ow, as I think the one is by no means improved by the luscious lump of half-dissolved sugar usually found at the bottom of it, so I am of opinion that a history, growing already vapid, is but dully crutched up by a detail of circumstances which every reader must have anticipated, even though the author exhaust on them every flowery epithet in the language.
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.