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... tion had been defaced shortly after its erection . Our adventurer was , therefore , compelled , like a knight errant of old , to trust to the sagacity of his horse , which , without any demur , chose the left hand path , and seemed to ...
... tion had been defaced shortly after its erection . Our adventurer was , therefore , compelled , like a knight errant of old , to trust to the sagacity of his horse , which , without any demur , chose the left hand path , and seemed to ...
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... tion , as a pedagogue , Dominie Sampson . He was of low birth , but having evinced , even from his cra- dle , an uncommon seriousness of disposition , the poor parents were encouraged to hope , that their bairn , as they expressed it ...
... tion , as a pedagogue , Dominie Sampson . He was of low birth , but having evinced , even from his cra- dle , an uncommon seriousness of disposition , the poor parents were encouraged to hope , that their bairn , as they expressed it ...
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... tion of justices , and I am left out - and whereas they pretend it was because I let David Mac Guf- fog , the constable , draw the warrants , and manage the business his own gate , as if I had been a nose o ' wax ; —it's a main untruth ...
... tion of justices , and I am left out - and whereas they pretend it was because I let David Mac Guf- fog , the constable , draw the warrants , and manage the business his own gate , as if I had been a nose o ' wax ; —it's a main untruth ...
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... tion presented itself . Since our friend's advancement to be a conser- vator of the peace , he had caused the gate at the head of his avenue , which formerly , having only one hinge , remained at all times hospitably open →→→ he had ...
... tion presented itself . Since our friend's advancement to be a conser- vator of the peace , he had caused the gate at the head of his avenue , which formerly , having only one hinge , remained at all times hospitably open →→→ he had ...
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... tion . Ellangowan's hen roosts were plundered , his linen stolen from the lines or bleaching ground , his fishings poached , his dogs kidnapped , his growing trees cut or barked . Much petty mischief was done , and some evidently for ...
... tion . Ellangowan's hen roosts were plundered , his linen stolen from the lines or bleaching ground , his fishings poached , his dogs kidnapped , his growing trees cut or barked . Much petty mischief was done , and some evidently for ...
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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.