Tales of My Landlord,: Old mortalityWilliam Blackwood, Prince's Street: and John Murray, Albemarle Street, London., 1817 - 347 páginas |
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... possess , and had engaged his honour to protect the person of a favoured rival ? " Still , however , the words which he had overheard recurred ever and anon to his remembrance , with a pang which resem bled the sting of an adder ...
... possess , and had engaged his honour to protect the person of a favoured rival ? " Still , however , the words which he had overheard recurred ever and anon to his remembrance , with a pang which resem bled the sting of an adder ...
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... possessed in perfection a sort of rude and familiar elo- quence peculiar to the preachers of that period , which , though it would have been fastidiously rejected by an audience which possessed any portion of taste , was a cake of the ...
... possessed in perfection a sort of rude and familiar elo- quence peculiar to the preachers of that period , which , though it would have been fastidiously rejected by an audience which possessed any portion of taste , was a cake of the ...
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... possessed a clearness of judgment , and a firmness of mind , which afforded but little hope of his being able to exert that de- gree of influence over him which he had ex- Apected to possess . After a moment's pause , however , he said ...
... possessed a clearness of judgment , and a firmness of mind , which afforded but little hope of his being able to exert that de- gree of influence over him which he had ex- Apected to possess . After a moment's pause , however , he said ...
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... possessed him . Never- theless , our violent brethren will have it , that he speaketh of the spirit , and that they fructify by his pouring forth . " 10 625 Here he was interrupted by Muckle . wrath , who cried in a voice that made the ...
... possessed him . Never- theless , our violent brethren will have it , that he speaketh of the spirit , and that they fructify by his pouring forth . " 10 625 Here he was interrupted by Muckle . wrath , who cried in a voice that made the ...
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... ac- count of the proportions in which King James VI . had bestowed them on the courtiers and nobility by whose descend- ants they were at present actually possess- 1 ed ; beneath this list was written , in red OLD MORTALITY . 203.
... ac- count of the proportions in which King James VI . had bestowed them on the courtiers and nobility by whose descend- ants they were at present actually possess- 1 ed ; beneath this list was written , in red OLD MORTALITY . 203.
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 89 - 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 39 - Zioa 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 89 - 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 32 - 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 62 - Burley," said Bothwell, griping his sword firmly, and setting his teeth close; "you escaped me once, but (he swore an oath too tremendous to be written down) thy head is worth its weight of silver, and it shall go home at my saddle-bow, or my saddle shall go home empty for me.
Página 32 - I am sunk in deep mire where there is no standing — I am come into deep waters where the floods overflow me...