Tales of my landlord, collected and arranged by Jedediah Cleishbotham, Том 4 |
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... present occa- sion to any of their active oppressors , but , on the contrary , had employed a man of gentle temper , and of a disposition favour . able to their cause , there must be some better intention entertained towards them than ...
... present occa- sion to any of their active oppressors , but , on the contrary , had employed a man of gentle temper , and of a disposition favour . able to their cause , there must be some better intention entertained towards them than ...
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... present si- tuation authorizes the opinion I have en tertained of him , and that my proceedings at our last meeting only squared to my duty . " " To reconcile your actions to your duty , and your duty to your conscience , is your ...
... present si- tuation authorizes the opinion I have en tertained of him , and that my proceedings at our last meeting only squared to my duty . " " To reconcile your actions to your duty , and your duty to your conscience , is your ...
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... ( for Claverhouse now held that rank ) hoped for the pleasure of his company upon the road . In some situ- ations an intimation is a command , and Morton considered that the present occa sion was one of OLD MORTALITY . 101 CHAPTER VI. ...
... ( for Claverhouse now held that rank ) hoped for the pleasure of his company upon the road . In some situ- ations an intimation is a command , and Morton considered that the present occa sion was one of OLD MORTALITY . 101 CHAPTER VI. ...
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sir Walter Scott (bart.) Morton considered that the present occa sion was one of these . He waited upon Claverhouse as speedily as he could , found his own horse saddled for his use , and Cud- die in attendance . Both were disarmed of ...
sir Walter Scott (bart.) Morton considered that the present occa sion was one of these . He waited upon Claverhouse as speedily as he could , found his own horse saddled for his use , and Cud- die in attendance . Both were disarmed of ...
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... present exultation , the extent of their former terror , have decreed a kind of tri- umphal entry to us victors and our cap- tives ; but as I do not quite approve the taste of it , I am willing to avoid my own part in the shew , and ...
... present exultation , the extent of their former terror , have decreed a kind of tri- umphal entry to us victors and our cap- tives ; but as I do not quite approve the taste of it , I am willing to avoid my own part in the shew , and ...
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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 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.