Waverley novels. Parker's ed., revised, Томове 9–10 |
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... matters with the apparition as he could , and had proceeded a few paces on his way homeward . Earns- 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 . Earns- 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 54 - When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
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. 26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh ; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine : and all flesh shall know that 1 the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
Страница 20 - Ziou is his seat. There arrows of the bow he brake, The shield, the sword, the war, More glorious thou than hills of prey, More excellent art far.
Страница 15 - To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, » Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
Страница 166 - ... to soften obstinacy; and whose very powers of intellect have been confounded by hearing the same dull lesson repeated a hundred times by rote, and only varied by the various blunders of the reciters. Even the flowers of classic genius, with which his solitary fancy is most gratified...
Страница 180 - ... 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 177 - 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 232 - Your leddyship and the steward hae been pleased to propose that my son 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 Providence, by raising wind for your leddyship's ain particular use by human art, instead of soliciting it by prayer, or waiting patiently for whatever dispensation of wind Providence was pleased to send upon the sheelingliill.