Tales of my landlord, collected and arranged by Jedediah Cleishbotham, Volumen3 |
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Página 43
... strong - hold , and give us battle on fair terms , or , if they re- main here , we will attack them so soon as our infantry has joined us , and enabled us to act with effect among these ditches , bogs , and quagmires . " " Pshaw ...
... strong - hold , and give us battle on fair terms , or , if they re- main here , we will attack them so soon as our infantry has joined us , and enabled us to act with effect among these ditches , bogs , and quagmires . " " Pshaw ...
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... strong voice , demanding to know why he ap- proached their leaguer . " To summon you in the King's name , and in that of Colonel John Grahame of Claverhouse , specially commissioned by the right honourable Privy Council of Scotland ...
... strong voice , demanding to know why he ap- proached their leaguer . " To summon you in the King's name , and in that of Colonel John Grahame of Claverhouse , specially commissioned by the right honourable Privy Council of Scotland ...
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... strong body of horse , com- manded by the devil incarnate that killed Bothwell , " answered the terrified soldier . Draw " Hush ! hush ! " said Claverhouse , put- ting his finger on his lips , " not a word to any one but me . - Lord ...
... strong body of horse , com- manded by the devil incarnate that killed Bothwell , " answered the terrified soldier . Draw " Hush ! hush ! " said Claverhouse , put- ting his finger on his lips , " not a word to any one but me . - Lord ...
Página 77
... strong posi tion , and weapons in their hands , and are more than three times the number of their assailants . If they cannot fight for their freedom now , they and theirs deserve to lose it for ever . " 66 O , sirs , " exclaimed Mause ...
... strong posi tion , and weapons in their hands , and are more than three times the number of their assailants . If they cannot fight for their freedom now , they and theirs deserve to lose it for ever . " 66 O , sirs , " exclaimed Mause ...
Página 79
... strong wall of de fence . " " He's but a coward body after a ' , " said Cuddie , who was himself by no means de- ficient in that sort of courage which con- sists in insensibility to danger ; " he's but a daidling coward body . He'll ...
... strong wall of de fence . " " He's but a coward body after a ' , " said Cuddie , who was himself by no means de- ficient in that sort of courage which con- sists in insensibility to danger ; " he's but a daidling coward body . He'll ...
Términos y frases comunes
answered Morton arms army auld Balfour battle blood body Bothwell Burley carabines Castle cause Claver Claverhouse Colonel Grahame command Cornet council Covenant Covenanters defend desperate dragoons Duke of Mon Duke of Monmouth e'en ed Morton Edinburgh Edith enemy Erastianism Evandale's exclaimed eyes favour fear fire followers friends garrison gi'e Glasgow gude Halliday hand head heart Henry Morton hill honour horse horsemen Inglis insurgents Jenny Dennison John Gudyill King Lady Margaret leaders leddy Lord Evan Lord Evandale Lord Ross Macbriar Major Bellenden maun Mause means ment Miss Bellenden mistress mither moderate party morning muckle numbers officer party portmanteau Poundtext preacher presbyterians prisoner puir ranks rebels replied Morton retreat rode Scotland seemed shewed soldiers speak summons sword thee thou art tion Tower of Tillietudlem troopers troops voice wad hae weel whigs word wounded young Milnwood
Pasajes populares
Página 100 - For Tophet is ordained of old ; Yea, for the king it is prepared ; He hath made it deep and large: The pile thereof is fire and much wood ; The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Página 98 - 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.
Página 32 - 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.
Página 98 - 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.
Página 105 - ... rocks for your altars, and the sky for your vaulted sanctuary, and your own good swords for the instruments of sacrifice. Leave not, therefore, the plough in the furrow- — turn not back from the path in which you have entered, like the famous worthies of old, whom God raised up for the glorifying of his name, and the deliverance of his afflicted people — halt not in the race you are running, lest the latter end should be worse than the beginning. Wherefore, set up a standard in the land ;...
Página 39 - In Judah's land God is well known, His name's in Isr'el great : In Salem is his tabernacle, In Sion is his seat. There arrows of the bow he brake, The shield, the sword, the war. More glorious thou than hills of prev More excellent art far.
Página 104 - The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
Página 40 - Those that were stout of heart are spoil'd, They slept their sleep outright ; And none of those their hands did find, That were the men of might. "When thy rebuke, O Jacob's God, Had forth against them past, Their horses and their chariots both Were in a deep sleep cast.
Página 150 - This heat of his may turn into a zeal, And stand up for the beauteous discipline, Against the menstruous cloth and rag of Rome. We must await his calling, and the coming Of the good spirit. You did fault, t' upbraid him With the brethren's blessing of Heidelberg, weighing What need we have to hasten on the work.
Página 107 - ... high places, cry for deliverance ; the prayers of persecuted Christians, sheltering themselves in dens and deserts from the sword of their persecutors, famished with hunger, starving with cold, lacking fire, food, shelter, and clothing, because they serve God rather than man — all are with you, pleading, watching, knocking, storming the gates of heaven in your behalf. Heaven itself shall fight for you, as the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. Then whoso will deserve immortal fame...