Tales of My Landlord: 1st serSamuel H. Parker, 1836 |
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... Scotland ; so that men , from every corner thereof , when travelling on their concernments of business , either to- wards our metropolis of law , by which I mean Edinburgh , or towards our metropolis and mart of gain , whereby I ...
... Scotland ; so that men , from every corner thereof , when travelling on their concernments of business , either to- wards our metropolis of law , by which I mean Edinburgh , or towards our metropolis and mart of gain , whereby I ...
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... during such colloquies , that there was no district in Scotland , yea , and no peculiar , and , as it were , distinctive custom therein practised , but was discussed betwixt us , insomuch , that those who viii INTRODUCTION .
... during such colloquies , that there was no district in Scotland , yea , and no peculiar , and , as it were , distinctive custom therein practised , but was discussed betwixt us , insomuch , that those who viii INTRODUCTION .
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... Scotland , where an ideal line , drawn along the tops of lofty and bleak mountains , separates that land from her sister kingdom , a young man , called Halbert , or Hobbie Elliot , a substantial farmer , who boasted his descent from old ...
... Scotland , where an ideal line , drawn along the tops of lofty and bleak mountains , separates that land from her sister kingdom , a young man , called Halbert , or Hobbie Elliot , a substantial farmer , who boasted his descent from old ...
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... Scotland was indignant at the terms on which their legislature had surrendered their national independence . The general resentment led to the strangest leagues , and to the wildest plans . The Cameronians were about to take arms for ...
... Scotland was indignant at the terms on which their legislature had surrendered their national independence . The general resentment led to the strangest leagues , and to the wildest plans . The Cameronians were about to take arms for ...
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... Scotland had been generally trained to arms , under the act of security , they were not indifferently prepared for war , and waited but , the declara- tion of some of the nobility to break out into open hostility . It was at this period ...
... Scotland had been generally trained to arms , under the act of security , they were not indifferently prepared for war , and waited but , the declara- tion of some of the nobility to break out into open hostility . It was at this period ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 292 - Nothing more, my good mother," said Morton ; and they parted for the evening. Morton recommended himself to Heaven, threw himself on the bed, heard, between sleeping and waking, the trampling of the dragoon horses at the riders' return from their patrol, and then slept soundly after such painful agitation.
Página 48 - 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 17 - 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 171 - ... stones, renewing with his chisel the half-defaced inscriptions, and repairing the emblems of death with which these simple monuments are usually adorned. Motives of the most sincere, though fanciful, devotion induced the old man to dedicate so many years of existence to perform this tribute to the memory of the deceased warriors of the church.
Página 180 - It was suspended to a pole, and served for a mark, at which the competitors discharged their fusees and carabines in rotation, at the distance of sixty or seventy paces. He whose ball brought down the mark held the proud title of Captain of the Popinjay for the remainder of the day, and was usually escorted in triumph to the most reputable change-house in the neighbourhood, where the evening was closed with conviviality, conducted under his auspices, and, if he was able to sustain it, at his expense.
Página 90 - 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 181 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Página 54 - When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Página 165 - ... moment of dismission, whose feelings are not so obvious to the eye of the spectator, or so apt to receive his sympathy. I mean the teacher himself, who, stunned with the hum, and suffocated with the closeness of his schoolroom, has spent the whole day (himself against a host) in controlling petulance, exciting indifference to action, striving to enlighten stupidity, and labouring to soften obstinacy...
Página 179 - 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...