Tales of My Landlord: 1st serSamuel H. Parker, 1836 |
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... present generation . To the which objection , if , peradventure , any such shall be started , my answer shall be threefold : First , Gandercleugh is , as it were , the central part , - the navel ( si fas sit dicere ) of this our native ...
... present generation . To the which objection , if , peradventure , any such shall be started , my answer shall be threefold : First , Gandercleugh is , as it were , the central part , - the navel ( si fas sit dicere ) of this our native ...
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... present Proem . It is well known that my Landlord was a pleasing and a facetious man , acceptable unto all the parish of Gan- dercleugh , excepting only the laird , the exciseman , and those for whom he refused to draw liquor upon trust ...
... present Proem . It is well known that my Landlord was a pleasing and a facetious man , acceptable unto all the parish of Gan- dercleugh , excepting only the laird , the exciseman , and those for whom he refused to draw liquor upon trust ...
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... present coin , or future credit , I cannot but say it has grieved my bowels as if the case had been mine own . Nevertheless , my Landlord considered the necessities of a thirsty soul , and would permit them in extreme need , and when ...
... present coin , or future credit , I cannot but say it has grieved my bowels as if the case had been mine own . Nevertheless , my Landlord considered the necessities of a thirsty soul , and would permit them in extreme need , and when ...
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... present century , he was found to have hoarded about twenty pounds , a habit very consistent with his disposition ; for wealth is power , and power was what David Ritchie desired to possess , as a compensation for his exclusion from ...
... present century , he was found to have hoarded about twenty pounds , a habit very consistent with his disposition ; for wealth is power , and power was what David Ritchie desired to possess , as a compensation for his exclusion from ...
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... , by mentioning the intended present of his companion . " In my young days , " said the old lady , hae been ashamed to come back frae the 66 a man wad hill without a buck hanging on each side o ' his horse , 30 TALES OF MY LANDLORD .
... , by mentioning the intended present of his companion . " In my young days , " said the old lady , hae been ashamed to come back frae the 66 a man wad hill without a buck hanging on each side o ' his horse , 30 TALES OF MY LANDLORD .
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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...