Works, Volume 20Houghton Mifflin, 1923 |
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... Simon Glover , in what was called Couvrefew , or Cur- few , Street , than to distinguish themselves in the tourna- ments , where the noblest dames of Scotland were spec- tators of their address . But the glover's daughter - for , as was ...
... Simon Glover , in what was called Couvrefew , or Cur- few , Street , than to distinguish themselves in the tourna- ments , where the noblest dames of Scotland were spec- tators of their address . But the glover's daughter - for , as was ...
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... Simon in passing , the glover's youthful attendant bristled up with a look of defiance , and the air of one who sought to distinguish his zeal in his mistress's service by its ardour . As fre- quently did Conachar , for such was the ...
... Simon in passing , the glover's youthful attendant bristled up with a look of defiance , and the air of one who sought to distinguish his zeal in his mistress's service by its ardour . As fre- quently did Conachar , for such was the ...
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... Simon Glover , before he entered the church , cast a look towards the group , but had taken his place among the congregation before they separated themselves . He knelt down with the air of a man who has something burdensome on his mind ...
... Simon Glover , before he entered the church , cast a look towards the group , but had taken his place among the congregation before they separated themselves . He knelt down with the air of a man who has something burdensome on his mind ...
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... Simon , ' I should know that voice ! And is it thou , in thy bodily person , Harry Gow ? Nay , beshrew me if thou passest this door with dry lips . What , man , curfew has not rung yet , and if it had , it were no reason why it should ...
... Simon , ' I should know that voice ! And is it thou , in thy bodily person , Harry Gow ? Nay , beshrew me if thou passest this door with dry lips . What , man , curfew has not rung yet , and if it had , it were no reason why it should ...
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... Simon , addressing himself , by way of parenthesis , to the moun- tain disciple ; ' wilt thou never learn to mind thy own business , without listening to what is passing round thee ? What is it to thee that an Englishman thinks that ...
... Simon , addressing himself , by way of parenthesis , to the moun- tain disciple ; ' wilt thou never learn to mind thy own business , without listening to what is passing round thee ? What is it to thee that an Englishman thinks that ...
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Page 203 - Cameron's gathering" rose, The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard,— and heard, too, have her Saxon foes; How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their...
Page 111 - Have a care he does not hear you say so,' said the smith. 'I tell thee, bonnet-maker, that there is more danger in yonder slight wasted anatomy than in twenty stout fellows like yourself.
Page 304 - LANG hae thought, my youthfu' friend, A something to have sent you, Tho' it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps, it may turn out a sang, Perhaps, turn out a sermon.
Page 49 - Each robber chief upheld his armed halls, Doing his evil will, nor less elate Than mightier heroes of a longer date. What want these outlaws conquerors should have? But History's purchased page to call them great? A wider space, an ornamented grave? Their hopes were not less warm, their souls were full as brave.
Page 460 - What's property ? dear Swift ! you see it alter From you to me, from me to Peter Walter; Or, in a mortgage, prove a lawyer's share; Or, in a jointure, vanish from the heir...