Tales of my landlord, collected and arranged by Jedediah Cleishbotham, Том 4 |
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... parties , when , two days after his return to Hamilton , he was visit- ed by his friend and colleague , the Reve- rend Mr Poundtext , flying , as he presently found , from the face of John Balfour of Burley , whom we left not a little ...
... parties , when , two days after his return to Hamilton , he was visit- ed by his friend and colleague , the Reve- rend Mr Poundtext , flying , as he presently found , from the face of John Balfour of Burley , whom we left not a little ...
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... party of the marksmen of Milnwood , under the imme- diate command of Henry Morton himself . " The villain ! " exclaimed Burley , ad- dressing himself to Macbriar ; " the base , mean - spirited traitor , to curry favour for himself with ...
... party of the marksmen of Milnwood , under the imme- diate command of Henry Morton himself . " The villain ! " exclaimed Burley , ad- dressing himself to Macbriar ; " the base , mean - spirited traitor , to curry favour for himself with ...
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... party , cannot be suitably , or preceesely , termed either fish , or flesh , or gude red - herring - whoever has the stronger party has Langcale . " Thus concluded the heavy narrative of honest Mr Poundtext , who sighed deeply , as he ...
... party , cannot be suitably , or preceesely , termed either fish , or flesh , or gude red - herring - whoever has the stronger party has Langcale . " Thus concluded the heavy narrative of honest Mr Poundtext , who sighed deeply , as he ...
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... agreed to , the moderate party ventured upon another proposal , confiding that it would have the support of Langcale , who looked extremely blank at the news which they had just received , and might be sup posed OLD MORTALITY . 15.
... agreed to , the moderate party ventured upon another proposal , confiding that it would have the support of Langcale , who looked extremely blank at the news which they had just received , and might be sup posed OLD MORTALITY . 15.
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... party joined in requesting him to make terms upon the footing of the petition entrusted to Lord Evandale's hands ; for the approach of the King's army spread a general trepidation , by no means allayed by the high tone assumed by the ...
... party joined in requesting him to make terms upon the footing of the petition entrusted to Lord Evandale's hands ; for the approach of the King's army spread a general trepidation , by no means allayed by the high tone assumed by the ...
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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.