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Page xxii
... eyes and said , " I will now study revenge . ' 999 ' All this is granted . But the blood would it not wash out , or ... eye , she caused a traverse , as it is called ( that is , a temporary screen of boards ) , to be drawn along the ...
... eyes and said , " I will now study revenge . ' 999 ' All this is granted . But the blood would it not wash out , or ... eye , she caused a traverse , as it is called ( that is , a temporary screen of boards ) , to be drawn along the ...
Page xxiv
... eyes , while the visage has the stillness of death . Yonder appears the tall form of the boy Darnley , as goodly in person as vacillating in resolution ; yonder he advances with hesitating step , and yet more hesitating purpose xxiv ...
... eyes , while the visage has the stillness of death . Yonder appears the tall form of the boy Darnley , as goodly in person as vacillating in resolution ; yonder he advances with hesitating step , and yet more hesitating purpose xxiv ...
Page 19
... eyes had sought out his for a second time , that Conachar condescended to veil his dissatisfaction , and throw a greater appearance of willingness and submission into the services which he was performing . And here we must acquaint our ...
... eyes had sought out his for a second time , that Conachar condescended to veil his dissatisfaction , and throw a greater appearance of willingness and submission into the services which he was performing . And here we must acquaint our ...
Page 31
... eyes into which her expostulations , mingled with other feelings , had summoned tears . ' Weep not , ' she said , ' or rather , weep on , but weep as those who have hope . Abjure the sins of pride and anger , which most easily beset ...
... eyes into which her expostulations , mingled with other feelings , had summoned tears . ' Weep not , ' she said , ' or rather , weep on , but weep as those who have hope . Abjure the sins of pride and anger , which most easily beset ...
Page 42
... eyes and hands close employed , and must have your heedful care , even if this lazy lurdane wrought at it , which you know yourself he seldom does . ' ' And that is true , ' said Simon : ' he cuts all his gloves out for the right hand ...
... eyes and hands close employed , and must have your heedful care , even if this lazy lurdane wrought at it , which you know yourself he seldom does . ' ' And that is true , ' said Simon : ' he cuts all his gloves out for the right hand ...
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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...