Waverley novels. Parker's ed., revised, Volúmenes9-10 |
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... Henry IV . Part I. moon . THE Solitary had consumed the remainder of that day in which he had the interview with the young ladies , with- in the precincts of his garden . Evening again found him seated on his favourite stone . The sun ...
... Henry IV . Part I. moon . THE Solitary had consumed the remainder of that day in which he had the interview with the young ladies , with- in the precincts of his garden . Evening again found him seated on his favourite stone . The sun ...
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... Henry IV . Part II . THERE had been great preparations made at Ellieslaw- Castle for the entertainment on this important day , when not only the gentlemen of note in the neighbourhood , at- tached to the Jacobite interest , were ...
... Henry IV . Part II . THERE had been great preparations made at Ellieslaw- Castle for the entertainment on this important day , when not only the gentlemen of note in the neighbourhood , at- tached to the Jacobite interest , were ...
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... Henry , if it were ony other day , I could hae wished to miss for your sake ; but Jenny Dennison is looking at us , sae I maun do my best . " He took his aim , and his bullet whistled past the mark so nearly , that the pendulous object ...
... Henry , if it were ony other day , I could hae wished to miss for your sake ; but Jenny Dennison is looking at us , sae I maun do my best . " He took his aim , and his bullet whistled past the mark so nearly , that the pendulous object ...
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... Henry Morton , " said his companion ; " thy master has his uses for thee , and when he calls thou must obey . Well wot I thou hast not heard the call of a true preacher , or thou hadst ere now been what thou wilt assuredly one day ...
... Henry Morton , " said his companion ; " thy master has his uses for thee , and when he calls thou must obey . Well wot I thou hast not heard the call of a true preacher , or thou hadst ere now been what thou wilt assuredly one day ...
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... Henry , " said the old dame , with the tyrannic insolence of a spoilt and favourite domestic ; " a braw time o ' night and a bonnie , to dis- turb a peaceful house in , and to keep quiet folk out o ' their beds waiting for you . Your ...
... Henry , " said the old dame , with the tyrannic insolence of a spoilt and favourite domestic ; " a braw time o ' night and a bonnie , to dis- turb a peaceful house in , and to keep quiet folk out o ' their beds waiting for you . Your ...
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Página 167 - 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 196 - Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife ! To all the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.
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 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. 26 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 1 the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
Página 20 - Ziou is his seat. There arrows of the bow he brake, The shield, the sword, the war, More glorious thou than hills of prey, More excellent art far.
Página 15 - To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, » Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
Página 166 - ... 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...
Página 180 - ... 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 177 - 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 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.