Tales of My Landlord: 1st ser, Volúmenes1-2Samuel H. Parker, 1834 |
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... nature after the fatigues of my school . It is true , I taught his five sons English and Latin , writing , book - keeping , with a tincture of mathe- matics , and that I instructed his daughters in psalmody . Nor do I remember me of any ...
... nature after the fatigues of my school . It is true , I taught his five sons English and Latin , writing , book - keeping , with a tincture of mathe- matics , and that I instructed his daughters in psalmody . Nor do I remember me of any ...
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... , that although Davie showed as much respect and attachment to her father's family , as it was in his nature to show to any , yet they were always obliged 2d 1 VOL . I. " to be very cautious in their deportment towards him THE BLACK DWARF .
... , that although Davie showed as much respect and attachment to her father's family , as it was in his nature to show to any , yet they were always obliged 2d 1 VOL . I. " to be very cautious in their deportment towards him THE BLACK DWARF .
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... nature . His garden , which he sedulously cultivated , and from a piece of wild moorland made a very productive spot , was his pride and his delight ; but he was also an admirer of inore natural beauty : the soft sweep of the green hill ...
... nature . His garden , which he sedulously cultivated , and from a piece of wild moorland made a very productive spot , was his pride and his delight ; but he was also an admirer of inore natural beauty : the soft sweep of the green hill ...
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... ) around his hut , as a certain de- fence against necromancy . For the same reason , doubt- less , he desired to have rowan - trees set above his grave . We have stated that David Ritchie loved objects of natural THE BLACK DWARF . 7.
... ) around his hut , as a certain de- fence against necromancy . For the same reason , doubt- less , he desired to have rowan - trees set above his grave . We have stated that David Ritchie loved objects of natural THE BLACK DWARF . 7.
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1st ser Walter Scott. We have stated that David Ritchie loved objects of natural beauty . His only living favourites were ... nature ; but he en- dured her . He maintained himself and her by the sale of the produce of their garden and bee ...
1st ser Walter Scott. We have stated that David Ritchie loved objects of natural beauty . His only living favourites were ... nature ; but he en- dured her . He maintained himself and her by the sale of the produce of their garden and bee ...
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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.
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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...
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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.