Chronicles of the Canongate. First series: The Highland widow. The two drovers. The surgeon's daughter, &cSanborn, Carter and Bazin, 1855 |
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... thought better to defer until a succeeding volume , * than to 66 Begin and break off in the middle . " I have , perhaps , said enough on former occasions of the misfortunes which led to the dropping of that mask under which I had , for ...
... thought better to defer until a succeeding volume , * than to 66 Begin and break off in the middle . " I have , perhaps , said enough on former occasions of the misfortunes which led to the dropping of that mask under which I had , for ...
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... thought of , had my means been limited to the competence which I derived from in- heritance , with the moderate income of a professional situation . I bought , and built , and planted , and was considered by myself , as by the rest of ...
... thought of , had my means been limited to the competence which I derived from in- heritance , with the moderate income of a professional situation . I bought , and built , and planted , and was considered by myself , as by the rest of ...
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... thought I had so completely disguised the likeness , that his fea- tures could not be recognized by any one now alive . I was mistaken , however , and indeed had endangered what I desired should be considered as a secret ; for ...
... thought I had so completely disguised the likeness , that his fea- tures could not be recognized by any one now alive . I was mistaken , however , and indeed had endangered what I desired should be considered as a secret ; for ...
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... thought proper to put forth in October 1827 : nor have I much to add to it now . About to appear for the first time in my own name in this department of letters , it occurred to me that something in the shape of a periodical publication ...
... thought proper to put forth in October 1827 : nor have I much to add to it now . About to appear for the first time in my own name in this department of letters , it occurred to me that something in the shape of a periodical publication ...
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... thought that it must have been from a notion of penance that they erected the drama into an ideal place of profaneness , and spoke of the theatre as of the tents of sin . He did not mean to dispute , that there were many excellent ...
... thought that it must have been from a notion of penance that they erected the drama into an ideal place of profaneness , and spoke of the theatre as of the tents of sin . He did not mean to dispute , that there were many excellent ...
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Page xxxvi - ... keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the hope " — we have presumed to court the assistance of the friends of the drama to strengthen our infant institution. Our appeal has been successful beyond our most sanguine expectations. The distinguished patronage conferred on us by your presence on this occasion, and the substantial support which your benevolence has so liberally afforded to our institution, must impress every member of the...
Page 172 - ... her humour. In the meantime she traced around him, with wavering steps, the propitiation, which some have thought has been derived from the Druidical mythology. It consists, as is well known, in the person who makes the deasil walking three times round the person who is the object of the ceremony, taking care to move according to the course of the sun. At once, however, she stopped short, and exclaimed, in a voice of alarm and horror, "Grandson of my father, there is blood on your hand.
Page 203 - A young lady' of quality, who was present, very handsomely said, " Might not the son have justified the fault ?" My friend was much flattered by this compliment, which he never forgot. When in more than ordinary spirits, and talking of his journey in Scotland, he has called to me, " Boswell, what was it that the young lady of quality said of me at Sir Alexander Dick's ?" Nobody will doubt that I was happy in repeating it.
Page 44 - 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...
Page xxxiii - Good my lord, will you see the players well bestowed ? Do you hear, let them be well used, for they are the abstract and brief chronicles of the time : after your death you were better have a bad epitaph than their ill report while you live.
Page xxxvi - The sixth age shifts into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, with spectacles on nose and pouch on side; his youthful hose, well sav'd, a world too wide for his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, turning again towards childish treble, pipes and whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, that ends this strange eventful history, is second childishness and mere oblivion; sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Page 18 - In misery's darkest caverns known, His useful care was ever nigh, Where hopeless anguish pour'd his groan, And lonely want retir'd to die.
Page 203 - Eglintoune's complimentary adoption of Dr. Johnson as her son ; for I unfortunately stated that her ladyship adopted him as her son, in consequence of her having been married the year after he was born. Dr. Johnson instantly corrected me. " Sir, don't you perceive that you are defaming the countess...