The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Containing Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion, Lady of the Lake, Don Roderick, Rokeby, Ballads, Lyrics, and Songs. With a Life of the AuthorD. Appleton, 1894 - 647 pages |
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... light literature diminished my employment in the weightier matters of the law . Nor did the solicitors , upon whose choice the counsel takes rank in his profes- sion , do me less than justice , by regarding others among my ...
... light literature diminished my employment in the weightier matters of the law . Nor did the solicitors , upon whose choice the counsel takes rank in his profes- sion , do me less than justice , by regarding others among my ...
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... light ; Behind him soon they set in night ; And soon he spurr'd his courser keen Beneath the tower of Hazeldean . Hairibee , the place on Carlisle wall where the moss - troopers , if caught , were hung . The neck - verse was the first ...
... light ; Behind him soon they set in night ; And soon he spurr'd his courser keen Beneath the tower of Hazeldean . Hairibee , the place on Carlisle wall where the moss - troopers , if caught , were hung . The neck - verse was the first ...
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... light . IX . By a steel - clenched postern door , They enter'd now the chancel tall ; The darken'd roof rose high aloof On pillars lofty , and light , and small : The key - stone , that lock'd each ribbed aisle , Was a fleur - de - lys ...
... light . IX . By a steel - clenched postern door , They enter'd now the chancel tall ; The darken'd roof rose high aloof On pillars lofty , and light , and small : The key - stone , that lock'd each ribbed aisle , Was a fleur - de - lys ...
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... light , To chase the spirits that love the night : That lamp shall burn unquenchably , Until the eternal doom shall ... light broke forth so gloriously , Stream'd upward to the chancel roof , And through the galleries far aloof ! No ...
... light , To chase the spirits that love the night : That lamp shall burn unquenchably , Until the eternal doom shall ... light broke forth so gloriously , Stream'd upward to the chancel roof , And through the galleries far aloof ! No ...
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... light , Perchance , had dazzled the warrior's sight . XXII . When the huge stone sunk o'er the tomb , The night return'd in double gloom ; For the moon had gone down , and the stars were few ; And , as the Knight and Priest withdrew ...
... light , Perchance , had dazzled the warrior's sight . XXII . When the huge stone sunk o'er the tomb , The night return'd in double gloom ; For the moon had gone down , and the stars were few ; And , as the Knight and Priest withdrew ...
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