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... poor heart has felt the pang of each puncture that pierced the garment which was to cover it . Traitress , how wilt thou answer for thus tormenting the heart that loves thee so dearly ? ' ' Let me entreat you , my lord , ' said ...
... poor heart has felt the pang of each puncture that pierced the garment which was to cover it . Traitress , how wilt thou answer for thus tormenting the heart that loves thee so dearly ? ' ' Let me entreat you , my lord , ' said ...
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... poor Catharine ; the fright of such an affray hath killed her , and all through my fault . ' ' Thy fault , my son ! It was the fault of yon Highland cateran , 1 whom it is my curse to be cumbered with ; but he shall go back to his glens ...
... poor Catharine ; the fright of such an affray hath killed her , and all through my fault . ' ' Thy fault , my son ! It was the fault of yon Highland cateran , 1 whom it is my curse to be cumbered with ; but he shall go back to his glens ...
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... poor mastiff that had misbehaved in the bull - ring , and narrowly escaped the fate of the cur that he was protecting . I will grant you also , that the 1 See Note 9 . poor never pass the house of the wealthy armourer but 28 WAVERLEY ...
... poor mastiff that had misbehaved in the bull - ring , and narrowly escaped the fate of the cur that he was protecting . I will grant you also , that the 1 See Note 9 . poor never pass the house of the wealthy armourer but 28 WAVERLEY ...
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Sir Walter Scott. poor never pass the house of the wealthy armourer but they are relieved with food and alms . But what avails all this , when his sword makes as many starving orphans and mourning widows as his purse relieves ? ' ' Nay ...
Sir Walter Scott. poor never pass the house of the wealthy armourer but they are relieved with food and alms . But what avails all this , when his sword makes as many starving orphans and mourning widows as his purse relieves ? ' ' Nay ...
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... poor work- man , whose best knowledge is to distinguish the left- hand glove from the right . But if thou wouldst have my forgiveness , say something of comfort to my poor Henry . There he sits , confounded and dismayed with all the ...
... poor work- man , whose best knowledge is to distinguish the left- hand glove from the right . But if thou wouldst have my forgiveness , say something of comfort to my poor Henry . There he sits , confounded and dismayed with all the ...
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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...