Tales of My Landlord: 1st serSamuel H. Parker, 1836 |
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... matters with the apparition as he could , and had proceeded a few paces on his way homeward . cliff , therefore , turned and followed Hobbie , after looking back towards the supposed maniac , who , as if raised to frenzy by the ...
... matters with the apparition as he could , and had proceeded a few paces on his way homeward . cliff , therefore , turned and followed Hobbie , after looking back towards the supposed maniac , who , as if raised to frenzy by the ...
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... matter , she would be as sair vexed amaist for you as for me . But d'ye really think there's nae presumption in venturing back yonder ? -We hae nae special commission , ye ken . " " If I thought as you do , Hobbie , " said the young ...
... matter , she would be as sair vexed amaist for you as for me . But d'ye really think there's nae presumption in venturing back yonder ? -We hae nae special commission , ye ken . " " If I thought as you do , Hobbie , " said the young ...
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... matter uninvestigat- ed which may concern the life of a poor distracted being . " " Aweel , aweel , if ye really think that , " answered Hobbie doubtfully- " And it's for certain the very fairies -I mean the very good neighbours ...
... matter uninvestigat- ed which may concern the life of a poor distracted being . " " Aweel , aweel , if ye really think that , " answered Hobbie doubtfully- " And it's for certain the very fairies -I mean the very good neighbours ...
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... extended their queries be- yond their bodily complaints , and requested advice upon other matters , which he delivered with an oracular shrewd- ness that greatly confirmed the opinion of his possessing preternatural THE BLACK DWARF . 39.
... extended their queries be- yond their bodily complaints , and requested advice upon other matters , which he delivered with an oracular shrewd- ness that greatly confirmed the opinion of his possessing preternatural THE BLACK DWARF . 39.
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... matter in hand . When winter had passed away , and his garden began to afford him herbs and vegetables , he confined himself almost entirely to those articles of food . He accepted , notwith- standing , a pair of she - goats from ...
... matter in hand . When winter had passed away , and his garden began to afford him herbs and vegetables , he confined himself almost entirely to those articles of food . He accepted , notwith- standing , a pair of she - goats from ...
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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...