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... seemed to need , or was known to accept , pecuniary assistance . It is true his wants were very few , for wherever he went , he found ready quarters in the house of some Cameronian of his own sect , or of some other religious person ...
... seemed to need , or was known to accept , pecuniary assistance . It is true his wants were very few , for wherever he went , he found ready quarters in the house of some Cameronian of his own sect , or of some other religious person ...
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... seemed affected by the unusual attention with which I had cultivated his acquaintance and listened to his conver- sation . After he had mounted , not with- out difficulty , the old white poney , he took me by the hand and said , ' The ...
... seemed affected by the unusual attention with which I had cultivated his acquaintance and listened to his conver- sation . After he had mounted , not with- out difficulty , the old white poney , he took me by the hand and said , ' The ...
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... seemed , from its size , as if they were going to extinguish him . Thus accoutred , he was hoisted , at his own ear- nest request , upon the tamest horse of the party ; and prompted and supported by old Gudyill the butler , as his front ...
... seemed , from its size , as if they were going to extinguish him . Thus accoutred , he was hoisted , at his own ear- nest request , upon the tamest horse of the party ; and prompted and supported by old Gudyill the butler , as his front ...
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... , approached nearly to a squint , and which gave a very sinister expression to his countenance , joined to a frame , square , strong , and muscular , though some- thing under the middle size , seemed to an- nounce 78 TALES OF MY LANDLORD .
... , approached nearly to a squint , and which gave a very sinister expression to his countenance , joined to a frame , square , strong , and muscular , though some- thing under the middle size , seemed to an- nounce 78 TALES OF MY LANDLORD .
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Sir Walter Scott. thing under the middle size , seemed to an- nounce a man unlikely to understand rude jesting , or to receive insults with impunity . " And what is the consequence , " said he , " if I should not be disposed to com- ply ...
Sir Walter Scott. thing under the middle size , seemed to an- nounce a man unlikely to understand rude jesting , or to receive insults with impunity . " And what is the consequence , " said he , " if I should not be disposed to com- ply ...
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Страница 33 - CHAPTER II Summon an hundred horse by break of day, • To wait our pleasure at the castle gates. Douglas. UNDER the reign of the last Stewarts there was an anxious wish on the part of government to counteract, by every means in their power, the strict or puritanical spirit which had been the chief characteristic of the republican government, and to revive those feudal institutions which united...
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Страница 6 - must have witnessed with delight the joyous burst which attends the dismissing of a villageschool on a fine summer evening. The buoyant spirit of childhood, repressed with so much difficulty during the tedious hours of discipline, may then be seen to explode, as it were, in shout, and song, and frolic, as the little urchins join in groups on their play-ground, and arrange their matches of sport for the evening.
Страница 38 - ... in rotation, at the distance of sixty or seventy paces. He whose ball brought down the mark, held the proud title of Captain of the Popinjay for the remainder of the day, and was usually escorted in triumph to the most reputable change -house in the neighbourhood, where the evening was closed with conviviality, conducted under his auspices, and, if he was able to sustain it, at his expense.
Страница 151 - Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music...
Страница 128 - He then mounted his horse, and, turning to Morton, repeated the text of Scripture, "An heavy yoke was ordained for the sons of Adam from the day they go out of their mother's womb till the day that they return to the Mother of all things...
Страница 22 - The old man intermitted the operation of the chisel, took off his spectacles and wiped them, then replacing them on his nose, acknowledged my courtesy by a suitable return. Encouraged by his affability, I intruded upon him some questions concerning the sufferers on whose monument he was now employed. To talk of the exploits of the Covenanters was the delight, as to repair their monuments was the business of his life. He was profuse in the communication of all the minute information which he had collected...