Tales of My Landlord: 1st serSamuel H. Parker, 1836 |
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... but sure it was , Cuddie had been in sair straits a ' night , and she couldna say he was muckle better this morning . The finger of Heaven , " she said , " was in it , and her bairn should gang 182 TALES OF MY LANDLORD .
... but sure it was , Cuddie had been in sair straits a ' night , and she couldna say he was muckle better this morning . The finger of Heaven , " she said , " was in it , and her bairn should gang 182 TALES OF MY LANDLORD .
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... Cuddie , who underwent a domiciliary visitation , for the purpose of veri- fying his state of body , could , or would , answer only by deep groans . Mause , who had been an ancient domestic in the family , was a sort of favourite with ...
... Cuddie , who underwent a domiciliary visitation , for the purpose of veri- fying his state of body , could , or would , answer only by deep groans . Mause , who had been an ancient domestic in the family , was a sort of favourite with ...
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... Cuddie Headrigg the ploughinan , and the abetment which he had received from his mother - these being regarded as the original causes of the disaster which had befallen the chivalry of Tillietudlem . The charge being fully made out and ...
... Cuddie Headrigg the ploughinan , and the abetment which he had received from his mother - these being regarded as the original causes of the disaster which had befallen the chivalry of Tillietudlem . The charge being fully made out and ...
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... Cuddie suld work in the barn wi ' a new - fangled machine * for dighting the corn frae the chaff , thus impiously thwarting the will of Divine Provi- dence , by raising wind for your leddyship's ain particular use by human art , instead ...
... Cuddie suld work in the barn wi ' a new - fangled machine * for dighting the corn frae the chaff , thus impiously thwarting the will of Divine Provi- dence , by raising wind for your leddyship's ain particular use by human art , instead ...
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... Cuddie , whose malady , real or pretended , still detained . him in bed , lay perdue during all this conference , snugly ensconced within his boarded bedstead , and terrified to death lest Lady Margaret , whom he held in hereditary ...
... Cuddie , whose malady , real or pretended , still detained . him in bed , lay perdue during all this conference , snugly ensconced within his boarded bedstead , and terrified to death lest Lady Margaret , whom he held in hereditary ...
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Страница 292 - Nothing more, my good mother," said Morton ; and they parted for the evening. Morton recommended himself to Heaven, threw himself on the bed, heard, between sleeping and waking, the trampling of the dragoon horses at the riders' return from their patrol, and then slept soundly after such painful agitation.
Страница 48 - Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered : for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
Страница 17 - SAVE me, O God ; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Страница 171 - ... stones, renewing with his chisel the half-defaced inscriptions, and repairing the emblems of death with which these simple monuments are usually adorned. Motives of the most sincere, though fanciful, devotion induced the old man to dedicate so many years of existence to perform this tribute to the memory of the deceased warriors of the church.
Страница 180 - It was suspended to a pole, and served for a mark, at which the competitors discharged their fusees and carabines 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 90 - And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
Страница 181 - 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 54 - When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Страница 165 - ... moment of dismission, whose feelings are not so obvious to the eye of the spectator, or so apt to receive his sympathy. I mean the teacher himself, who, stunned with the hum, and suffocated with the closeness of his schoolroom, has spent the whole day (himself against a host) in controlling petulance, exciting indifference to action, striving to enlighten stupidity, and labouring to soften obstinacy...
Страница 179 - Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods...