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Página 17
... means of amelioration which man is capable of oppo- sing to the disadvantages of climate and soil . It is a remarkable effect of such extensive wastes , that they impose an idea of solitude even upon those who travel through them in ...
... means of amelioration which man is capable of oppo- sing to the disadvantages of climate and soil . It is a remarkable effect of such extensive wastes , that they impose an idea of solitude even upon those who travel through them in ...
Página 21
... property , or farmers of the better class , whose means enabled them to serve on horseback . A few of those who had been engaged in driving back the advanced guard of the royalists , might now be seen returning OLD MORTALITY . 21.
... property , or farmers of the better class , whose means enabled them to serve on horseback . A few of those who had been engaged in driving back the advanced guard of the royalists , might now be seen returning OLD MORTALITY . 21.
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... means on which their leaders reckoned , for supplying the want of arms , equipage , and military discipline . On the side of the hill that rose above the array of battle which they had adopted , were seen the women and even the children ...
... means on which their leaders reckoned , for supplying the want of arms , equipage , and military discipline . On the side of the hill that rose above the array of battle which they had adopted , were seen the women and even the children ...
Página 32
... means to get through the bog ; then form and charge the rebels in flank and rear , while they are engaged with us in front . " Bothwell made a signal of intelligence and obedi- ence , and moved off with his party at a rapid pace ...
... means to get through the bog ; then form and charge the rebels in flank and rear , while they are engaged with us in front . " Bothwell made a signal of intelligence and obedi- ence , and moved off with his party at a rapid pace ...
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... means deficient in that sort of cour- age which consists in insensibility to danger ; " he's but a daidling coward body . He'll never fill Rumbleber- ry's bonnet . - Odd ! Rumbleberry fought and flyted like a fleeing dragon . It was a ...
... means deficient in that sort of cour- age which consists in insensibility to danger ; " he's but a daidling coward body . He'll never fill Rumbleber- ry's bonnet . - Odd ! Rumbleberry fought and flyted like a fleeing dragon . It was a ...
Términos y frases comunes
Ailie answered Morton arms army auld battle blood body Bothwell Burley canna carabines Castle cause Claverhouse command Cornet council Covenant Covenanters Cuddie defend dragoons Duke Duke of Monmouth ed Morton Edith enemy Erastian Evandale's exclaimed eyes favour fear fire followers frae Glasgow Grahame gude Halliday hand hastily hath head Headrigg hear heard heart Heaven Henry Morton hinny honour horse insurgents Jenny John Gudyill Kettledrummle King Lady Margaret leaders leddy look Lord Evan Lord Evandale Macbriar mair Major Bellenden maun Mause ment Milnwood Miss Bellenden mither moderate party Monmouth morning muckle officer ower party Poundtext preacher Presbyterian prisoner puir replied Morton retreat Scotland seemed shewed soldiers speak suld sword thae thee thing Tillietudlem tion troopers turned voice wad hae weel whig woman word young
Pasajes populares
Página 194 - Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 'twas natural to please : His motions all accompanied with grace ; And paradise was open'd in his face.
Página 80 - 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 233 - Beggar's Opera. So deep was the slumber which succeeded the agitation and embarrassment of the preceding day, that Morton hardly knew where he was when it was broken by the tramp of horses, the hoarse voice of men, and the wild sound of the trumpets blowing the reVeille".
Página 54 - 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. 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 102 - 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.
Página 35 - Yes,' replied Burley, with stern and gloomy deliberation, ' I am that John Balfour who promised to lay thy head where thou should'st never lift it again ; and God do so to me, and more also, if I do not redeem my word.
Página 56 - 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 294 - Ah, fields beloved in vain, Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet to pain ? I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Página 23 - 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.