Tales of My Landlord,: Old mortalityWilliam Blackwood, Prince's Street: and John Murray, Albemarle Street, London., 1817 - 347 páginas |
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... tion of feelings , was totally indifferent to the various arrangements made for his se- cure custody , and even to the relief afford ed him by his release from the fetters . He experienced that blank and waste of the heart which follows ...
... tion of feelings , was totally indifferent to the various arrangements made for his se- cure custody , and even to the relief afford ed him by his release from the fetters . He experienced that blank and waste of the heart which follows ...
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... tion . " And what I like warst o ' a ' , " conti- nued poor Cuddie , " is thae ranting red- coats coming amang the lasses and taking awa our joes . I had a sair heart o ' my ain when I passed the Mains down at Til , lietudlem this ...
... tion . " And what I like warst o ' a ' , " conti- nued poor Cuddie , " is thae ranting red- coats coming amang the lasses and taking awa our joes . I had a sair heart o ' my ain when I passed the Mains down at Til , lietudlem this ...
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... tion which it seemed to bear to such more favoured spots of the country as were adapted to cultivation and fitted for the support of man ; and thereby impressing ir- resistibly the mind of the spectator with a sense of the omnipotence ...
... tion which it seemed to bear to such more favoured spots of the country as were adapted to cultivation and fitted for the support of man ; and thereby impressing ir- resistibly the mind of the spectator with a sense of the omnipotence ...
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... tion between the desert around and the party who are traversing it . Thus the members of a caravan of a thousand souls may feel , in the deserts of Africa or Arabia , a sense of loneliness unknown to the in- dividual traveller , whose ...
... tion between the desert around and the party who are traversing it . Thus the members of a caravan of a thousand souls may feel , in the deserts of Africa or Arabia , a sense of loneliness unknown to the in- dividual traveller , whose ...
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... tion , rode furiously down the hill , follow- ed by his own troop , and that of the de- ceased Cornet , which broke down without orders , and each striving to be the fore- most to revenge their young officer , their ranks soon fell into ...
... tion , rode furiously down the hill , follow- ed by his own troop , and that of the de- ceased Cornet , which broke down without orders , and each striving to be the fore- most to revenge their young officer , their ranks soon fell into ...
Términos y frases comunes
ahint answered Cuddie answered Morton arms army auld Balfour battle blood body Bothwell Burley carabines Castle cause Charnwood Claver Claverhouse Colonel Grahame command Cornet council Covenant Covenanters defend desperate dragoons e'en ed Morton Edith enemy Erastianism Evandale's exclaimed eyes favour fear fire followers friends garrison gi'e Glasgow gude Halliday hand head Henry Morton hill honour horse horsemen Inglis insurgents Jenny Dennison John Gudyill Kettledrummle King Lady Margaret leaders leddy Lord Evan Lord Evandale Lord Ross Macbriar Major Bellenden maun Mause means ment Miss Bellenden mistress moderate party morning muckle ness numbers officer party Philistines Poundtext preacher presbyterians prisoner puir ranks rebels replied Morton retreat rode Scotland seemed shewed soldiers speak specta sword thee Thou art Tillietudlem tion Tower of Tillietudlem troopers voice wad hae weel whigs word wounded young Milnwood young nobleman zeal
Pasajes populares
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...