Tales of My Landlord: 1st serSamuel H. Parker, 1836 |
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... speak my simple conceit and be- lief , I think my Landlord was chiefly moved to waive in my behalf the usual requisition of a symbol , or reckon- ing , from the pleasure he was wont to take in my conver- sation , which , though solid ...
... speak my simple conceit and be- lief , I think my Landlord was chiefly moved to waive in my behalf the usual requisition of a symbol , or reckon- ing , from the pleasure he was wont to take in my conver- sation , which , though solid ...
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... speak of . Though I say it mysell , I am as quiet a lad and as peaceable " . “ And Dick Turnbull's head that you broke , and Willie of Winton whom you shot at ? " said his travelling com- panion . " Hout , Earnscliff , ye keep a record ...
... speak of . Though I say it mysell , I am as quiet a lad and as peaceable " . “ And Dick Turnbull's head that you broke , and Willie of Winton whom you shot at ? " said his travelling com- panion . " Hout , Earnscliff , ye keep a record ...
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... speak to sae preceesely - it was far in the west . — O , bairns , he's never permitted but in an ill time , sae mind ilka ane o ' ye to draw to Him that can help in the day of trouble . " Earnscliff now interposed , and expressed his ...
... speak to sae preceesely - it was far in the west . — O , bairns , he's never permitted but in an ill time , sae mind ilka ane o ' ye to draw to Him that can help in the day of trouble . " Earnscliff now interposed , and expressed his ...
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... speak in their folly . Have you marked the young cub of a wild - cat that has been domesticated , how sportive , how playful , how gentle , but trust him with your game , your lambs , your poultry , his inbred ferocity breaks forth ; he ...
... speak in their folly . Have you marked the young cub of a wild - cat that has been domesticated , how sportive , how playful , how gentle , but trust him with your game , your lambs , your poultry , his inbred ferocity breaks forth ; he ...
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... speak , if ever human speech and thought kept touch with each other ! They do not - they do not - Alas ! they cannot . And yet wait here an instant - stir not till my return . " He went to his little garden , and return- ed with a half ...
... speak , if ever human speech and thought kept touch with each other ! They do not - they do not - Alas ! they cannot . And yet wait here an instant - stir not till my return . " He went to his little garden , and return- ed with a half ...
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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...