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... round upon the dreary region , and seeing nothing but bleak fields , and naked trees , hills obscured by fogs , and flats covered with inundations , he did for some time suffer melan- choly to prevail upon him , and wished himself again ...
... round upon the dreary region , and seeing nothing but bleak fields , and naked trees , hills obscured by fogs , and flats covered with inundations , he did for some time suffer melan- choly to prevail upon him , and wished himself again ...
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... round with a wisp of straw , when he had occasion to ride in a chill evening . Godfrey Bertram , of Ellangowan , succeeded to a long pedigree and a short rent - roll , like many lairds of that period . His list of forefathers as- cended ...
... round with a wisp of straw , when he had occasion to ride in a chill evening . Godfrey Bertram , of Ellangowan , succeeded to a long pedigree and a short rent - roll , like many lairds of that period . His list of forefathers as- cended ...
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... round towers , projecting deeply and darkly before a curtain , or flat wall , which united them , and thus protecting the main entrance that opened through a lofty arch into the inner court of the castle . The arms of the family ...
... round towers , projecting deeply and darkly before a curtain , or flat wall , which united them , and thus protecting the main entrance that opened through a lofty arch into the inner court of the castle . The arms of the family ...
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... round the ruins , he heard from the interior of an apart- ment on the left hand the voice of the gipsy he had seen on the preceding evening . He soon found an aperture , through which he could observe her without being himself visible ...
... round the ruins , he heard from the interior of an apart- ment on the left hand the voice of the gipsy he had seen on the preceding evening . He soon found an aperture , through which he could observe her without being himself visible ...
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... round between her fore finger and thumb . When she had measured it out , she mutter- ed to herself ' A hank , but not a haill ane - the full years o ' the three score and ten , but thrice bro- ken and thrice to oop , ( i . e D 2 GUY ...
... round between her fore finger and thumb . When she had measured it out , she mutter- ed to herself ' A hank , but not a haill ane - the full years o ' the three score and ten , but thrice bro- ken and thrice to oop , ( i . e D 2 GUY ...
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Page 125 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Page 134 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 55 - Many murders have been discovered among them; and they are not only a most unspeakable oppression to poor tenants (who if they give not bread, or some kind of provision to perhaps forty such villains in one day, are sure to be insulted by them) but they rob many poor people who live in houses distant from any neighbourhood. In years of plenty...
Page 69 - ... muirs ! Ride your ways, Ellangowan. Our bairns are hinging at our weary backs; look that your braw cradle at hame be the fairer spread up : not that I am wishing ill to little Harry, or to the babe that's yet to be born, God forbid,- — and make them kind to the poor, and better folk than their father ! And now, ride e'en your ways ; for these are the last words ye'll ever hear Meg Merrilies speak, and this is the last reise f that I'll ever cut in the bonny woods of Ellangowan.
Page 27 - They live no longer in the faith of reason ! But still the heart doth need a language, still Doth the old instinct bring back the old names...
Page 68 - We have noticed that there was in her general attire, or rather in her mode of adjusting it, somewhat of a foreign costume, artfully adopted perhaps for the purpose of adding to the effect of her spells and predictions, or perhaps from some traditional notions respecting the dress of her ancestors. On this occasion, she had a large piece of red cotton cloth rolled about her head in the form of a turban, from beneath which her dark eyes flashed with uncommon lustre. Her long and tangled black hair...
Page 39 - Raz'd out my impress, leaving me no sign, Save men's opinions and my living blood, To show the world I am a gentleman.
Page 55 - ... some kind of provision to perhaps forty such villains in one day, are sure to be insulted by them,) but they rob many poor people who live in houses distant from any neighbourhood. In years of plenty many thousands of them meet together in the mountains, where they feast and riot for many days; and at country weddings, markets, burials, and other the like public occasions, they are to be seen, both men and women, perpetually drunk, cursing, blaspheming, and fighting together.
Page 156 - With prospects bright upon the world he came, Pure love of virtue, strong desire of fame : Men watch'd the way his lofty mind would take, And all foretold the progress he would make.
Page 134 - I'll be no burden — I have thought how to prevent that. But, as Ruth said unto Naomi, ' Entreat me not to leave thee, nor to depart from thee ; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou dwellest I will dwell ; thy people shall be my people, and thy God shall be my God. Where thou 117 diest will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death do part thee and me.