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... and the landlord began to feel indignant at his complaints of smoking chimneys , and draughts , and undressed dinners . him up with cookery , indeed ! ” his guest heard him say , as he left the apartment on one occasion ...
... and the landlord began to feel indignant at his complaints of smoking chimneys , and draughts , and undressed dinners . him up with cookery , indeed ! ” his guest heard him say , as he left the apartment on one occasion ...
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If a few days would answer " “ No , sir — ' twould not answer , ” the man replied gruffly , “ who ever heard of a cow being canted for a few days running ? ” “ Perhaps , ” said Mr. Johnson , “ if you send your man to the office he would ...
If a few days would answer " “ No , sir — ' twould not answer , ” the man replied gruffly , “ who ever heard of a cow being canted for a few days running ? ” “ Perhaps , ” said Mr. Johnson , “ if you send your man to the office he would ...
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The lesson was so appropriate in this scene of tears and affliction , that a deep sympathy of mingled hope and pain fell upon the heart of the young Lord , while he glanced from face to face of the silent group , and heard the lips of ...
The lesson was so appropriate in this scene of tears and affliction , that a deep sympathy of mingled hope and pain fell upon the heart of the young Lord , while he glanced from face to face of the silent group , and heard the lips of ...
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... the lessening land , And from the shore the last farewell Is waved by many a snowy hand ; And weeping eyes are on the main Until its verge she wanders o'er ;But from that hour of parting pain , Oh ! she was never heard of more !
... the lessening land , And from the shore the last farewell Is waved by many a snowy hand ; And weeping eyes are on the main Until its verge she wanders o'er ;But from that hour of parting pain , Oh ! she was never heard of more !
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... Mid skies of calm and scowl of storm , Since from her port that ship hath gone ; But ocean keeps its secret well ; And though we know that all is o'er , No eye hath seen - no tongue can tell Her fate : -she ne'er was heard of more !
... Mid skies of calm and scowl of storm , Since from her port that ship hath gone ; But ocean keeps its secret well ; And though we know that all is o'er , No eye hath seen - no tongue can tell Her fate : -she ne'er was heard of more !
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Page 336 - O, young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best ; And save his good broad-sword he weapon had none, He rode all unarmed, and he rode all alone. So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Page 45 - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us Thine aid; Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Page 337 - Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late; For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he...
Page 337 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied;— Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide— And now I am come, with this lost love of mine, To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far, That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar.
Page 336 - He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone, He swam the Eske River where ford there was none; But, ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late: For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.
Page 242 - When the Lowlands shall meet thee in battle array ! For a field of the dead rushes red on my sight. And the clans of Culloden are scattered in fight : They rally, they bleed, for their kingdom and crown ; Woe, woe, to the riders that trample them down ! Proud Cumberland prances, insulting the slain, And their hoof-beaten bosoms are trod to the plain.
Page 98 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Page 337 - The bride kissed the goblet, the knight took it up ; He quaffed off the wine, and he threw down the cup ; She looked down to blush, and she looked up to sigh, With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
Page 88 - Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked...
Page 186 - Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy ? are we stronger than he...