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Page xxvi
... light which he carried was that of a lamp to illuminate the dark events of antiquity ; yours is a magic lantern to raise up wonders which never existed . No reader of sense wonders at your historical inaccuracies , any more than he does ...
... light which he carried was that of a lamp to illuminate the dark events of antiquity ; yours is a magic lantern to raise up wonders which never existed . No reader of sense wonders at your historical inaccuracies , any more than he does ...
Page 16
... light . ' Come , step forward , my friend , and do not play at bo - peep ; knowest thou not , that they who walk like phantoms in the dark are apt to encounter the conjuration of a quarter - staff ? Step forward , I say , and show us ...
... light . ' Come , step forward , my friend , and do not play at bo - peep ; knowest thou not , that they who walk like phantoms in the dark are apt to encounter the conjuration of a quarter - staff ? Step forward , I say , and show us ...
Page 17
... light among them , and though his appearance was neither dignified nor handsome , his face and figure were not only deserving of attention , but seemed in some manner to command it . He was rather below the middle stature , but the ...
... light among them , and though his appearance was neither dignified nor handsome , his face and figure were not only deserving of attention , but seemed in some manner to command it . He was rather below the middle stature , but the ...
Page 48
... light and flexible that it interfered as little with his movements as a modern under - waistcoat , yet of such proof as he might safely depend upon , every ring of it having been wrought and joined by his own hands . Above this he wore ...
... light and flexible that it interfered as little with his movements as a modern under - waistcoat , yet of such proof as he might safely depend upon , every ring of it having been wrought and joined by his own hands . Above this he wore ...
Page 51
... light only permitted him to discern that they wore the High- land mantle . ' Clear the way , cateran , ' said the armourer , in the deep stern voice which corresponded with the breadth of his chest . They did not answer , at least ...
... light only permitted him to discern that they wore the High- land mantle . ' Clear the way , cateran , ' said the armourer , in the deep stern voice which corresponded with the breadth of his chest . They did not answer , at least ...
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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...