Tales of My Landlord: 1st ser, Volúmenes1-2Samuel H. Parker, 1834 |
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... appearance of moor - fowl , were truly wood - pigeons , and consumed and eaten eo nomine , and not otherwise . Again , the exciseman pretended , that my deceased Landlord did encourage that species of manufacture called distillation ...
... appearance of moor - fowl , were truly wood - pigeons , and consumed and eaten eo nomine , and not otherwise . Again , the exciseman pretended , that my deceased Landlord did encourage that species of manufacture called distillation ...
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... Bauldie , told so many stories of him , that they excited a good deal of interest . It also appeared , though not till the third punch- bowl was emptied , that much of the farmer's scepticism 14 TALES OF MY LANDLORD .
... Bauldie , told so many stories of him , that they excited a good deal of interest . It also appeared , though not till the third punch- bowl was emptied , that much of the farmer's scepticism 14 TALES OF MY LANDLORD .
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... appearance , as they lay scattered on the waste , were popularly called the Grey Geese of Mucklestane - Moor . The legend accounted for this name and appearance , by the catastrophe of a noted and most formidable witch who frequented ...
... appearance , as they lay scattered on the waste , were popularly called the Grey Geese of Mucklestane - Moor . The legend accounted for this name and appearance , by the catastrophe of a noted and most formidable witch who frequented ...
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... soon confronted the object of their investigation . The height of the figure , which appeared even to de- crease as they approached it , seemed to be under four feet , and its form , as far as the 24 TALES OF MY LANDLORD .
... soon confronted the object of their investigation . The height of the figure , which appeared even to de- crease as they approached it , seemed to be under four feet , and its form , as far as the 24 TALES OF MY LANDLORD .
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... appearance twice without receiving any answer , or attending to the pinches by which his companion endeavoured to intimate that their best course was to walk on , without giving far- ther disturbance to a being of such singular and ...
... appearance twice without receiving any answer , or attending to the pinches by which his companion endeavoured to intimate that their best course was to walk on , without giving far- ther disturbance to a being of such singular and ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 30 - 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 I the Lord am thy Saviour And thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
Página 161 - 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...
Página 30 - 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 165 - ... 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...
Página 165 - Preliminary. \Vhy seeks he with unwearied toil Through death's dim walks to urge his way, Reclaim his long-asserted spoil, And lead oblivion into day ? Langhorne.
Página 28 - ... liberated captives quickly flew abroad with many exaggerations among the victorious army. The reports on the subject were various ; but it was universally agreed, that young Morton of Milnwood, the son of the stout soldier of the Covenant, Silas Morton, together with the precious Gabriel Kettledrummle, and a singular devout Christian woman, whom many thought as good as himself at extracting a doctrine or an use, whether of terror or consolation, had arrived to support the good old cause, with...
Página 268 - Zephyrs play in prosperous gales And Fortune's favour fills the swelling sails ; But would forsake the ship, and make the shore, When the winds wHistle, and the tempests roar...
Página 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.
Página 217 - The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones ; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
Página 2 - There arrows of the bow he brake, The shield, the sword, the war. More glorious thou than hills of prey, More excellent art far.