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... give his life to quench the train which his own hand lighted . Yonder - yonder But I forget the rest of the worthy cut- throats . Help me if you can . ' ' Summon up , ' said I , ' the postulate , George Douglas , the most active of the ...
... give his life to quench the train which his own hand lighted . Yonder - yonder But I forget the rest of the worthy cut- throats . Help me if you can . ' ' Summon up , ' said I , ' the postulate , George Douglas , the most active of the ...
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... give its in- habitants a fair right to plead that , prejudice apart , Perthshire forms the fairest portion of the Northern kingdom . It is long since Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , with that excellent taste which characterises her writ ...
... give its in- habitants a fair right to plead that , prejudice apart , Perthshire forms the fairest portion of the Northern kingdom . It is long since Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , with that excellent taste which characterises her writ ...
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... give . But it is not in our power to communicate , or in his to receive , the exquisite charm which surprise gives to pleasure , when so splendid a view arises when least expected or hoped for , and which Chrystal Croftangry experienced ...
... give . But it is not in our power to communicate , or in his to receive , the exquisite charm which surprise gives to pleasure , when so splendid a view arises when least expected or hoped for , and which Chrystal Croftangry experienced ...
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... give way to the father and daughter . But when the steel caps , barrets , and plumes of squires , archers , and men - at - arms began to be seen among the throng , the wearers of these warlike distinc- tions were more rude in their ...
... give way to the father and daughter . But when the steel caps , barrets , and plumes of squires , archers , and men - at - arms began to be seen among the throng , the wearers of these warlike distinc- tions were more rude in their ...
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... give me right to be your Valentine for the year . ' ' Not so , my lord ; my father but now told me that hawks , far less eagles , pair not with the humble linnet . Seek some court lady , to whom your favours will be honour ; to me your ...
... give me right to be your Valentine for the year . ' ' Not so , my lord ; my father but now told me that hawks , far less eagles , pair not with the humble linnet . Seek some court lady , to whom your favours will be honour ; to me your ...
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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...