Waifs: a Handful of Essays and SketchesJ. Maclehose, 1881 - 206 páginas |
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... Turning to the right , after leaving the inn , we double the head of the loch , whose sullen depths , like the moody face of a misanthrope , are never lighted with a smile . On the one side , the loch is walled in by steep , in many ...
... Turning to the right , after leaving the inn , we double the head of the loch , whose sullen depths , like the moody face of a misanthrope , are never lighted with a smile . On the one side , the loch is walled in by steep , in many ...
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... turn - there being no spare space for chairs or other kinds of seats , a thing not of much consequence , as the frequenters look upon them as mere forms . I wonder he didn't think of calling his place a Shaving Warehouse ! Now , if ...
... turn - there being no spare space for chairs or other kinds of seats , a thing not of much consequence , as the frequenters look upon them as mere forms . I wonder he didn't think of calling his place a Shaving Warehouse ! Now , if ...
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... turn of the road where it branches off to the Lake of Menteith brought the Forth to our feet , and it thenceforth bore us company ( though running away from us ) all the way to Aberfoyle , where the road is all that comes between it and ...
... turn of the road where it branches off to the Lake of Menteith brought the Forth to our feet , and it thenceforth bore us company ( though running away from us ) all the way to Aberfoyle , where the road is all that comes between it and ...
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... turn into the inn , secure our beds , and partake of an excellent tea and " fixins , " of which we stood much in need - then sally forth in the gloaming to take a quiet coup d'œil of the place and its environs . And here I may remark ...
... turn into the inn , secure our beds , and partake of an excellent tea and " fixins , " of which we stood much in need - then sally forth in the gloaming to take a quiet coup d'œil of the place and its environs . And here I may remark ...
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... turn himself about , so as to bear with his head up against the blast - a mode of doing it , which , no doubt , he thinks more convenient than the other . Drizzle , drizzle , drizzle ; drip , drip , drip ; patter , patter , patter ...
... turn himself about , so as to bear with his head up against the blast - a mode of doing it , which , no doubt , he thinks more convenient than the other . Drizzle , drizzle , drizzle ; drip , drip , drip ; patter , patter , patter ...
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Página 116 - Why should a man whose blood is warm within Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster...
Página 139 - Two sudden blows with a ragged stick And one with a heavy stone, One hurried gash with a hasty knife — And then the deed was done: There was nothing ly,ing at my foot, But lifeless flesh and bone!
Página 12 - Let him that stole steal no more : but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Página 57 - THE day is cold, and dark, and dreary ; It rains, and the wind is never weary...
Página 57 - Past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast, And the days are dark and dreary. Be still, sad heart ! and cease repining ; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining ; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.
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Página 93 - Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
Página 103 - I saw her upon nearer view A spirit, yet a woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food : For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Página 119 - Tis what the vicious fear, the virtuous shun, By fools 'tis hated, and by knaves undone! If wit so much from ign'rance undergo, Ah let not learning too commence its foe!