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... appeared there who clearly did not belong to the fashionable crowd . Indeed , so unusual was their aspect that many a swift glance , shot from carefully impassive faces , made furtive scrutiny of them as they passed . One of the ...
... appeared there who clearly did not belong to the fashionable crowd . Indeed , so unusual was their aspect that many a swift glance , shot from carefully impassive faces , made furtive scrutiny of them as they passed . One of the ...
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... appearance . " Good afternoon , Mr. Glover , " old George Bethune said , with something of an air of quiet patronage , " I wish to order some claret from you . " The tall , bald , bland - looking person whom he addressed did not seem to ...
... appearance . " Good afternoon , Mr. Glover , " old George Bethune said , with something of an air of quiet patronage , " I wish to order some claret from you . " The tall , bald , bland - looking person whom he addressed did not seem to ...
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... appearance . It was to one of these smaller thoroughfares that George Bethune and his granddaughter now drove ; and when they had entered the quiet little house , and ascended to the first floor , they found that dinner was laid on the ...
... appearance . It was to one of these smaller thoroughfares that George Bethune and his granddaughter now drove ; and when they had entered the quiet little house , and ascended to the first floor , they found that dinner was laid on the ...
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... appeared to be some mysterious and subtle appeal in her very youth : why should one so young be so solitary , so timid , sheltering herself , as it were , from the common gaze ? Why that touch of pathos about a mouth that was surely ...
... appeared to be some mysterious and subtle appeal in her very youth : why should one so young be so solitary , so timid , sheltering herself , as it were , from the common gaze ? Why that touch of pathos about a mouth that was surely ...
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... appeared to know everybody ; and of course he was acquainted with scores on scores of pretty girls -whom he liked to look at when , for example , they wore a smart lawn tennis costume , and who interested him most perhaps when they were ...
... appeared to know everybody ; and of course he was acquainted with scores on scores of pretty girls -whom he liked to look at when , for example , they wore a smart lawn tennis costume , and who interested him most perhaps when they were ...
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Page 260 - Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice; Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell, Come ye before him and rejoice. 2 The Lord, ye know, is God indeed, Without our aid he did us make ; We are his flock, he doth us feed, And for his sheep he doth us take. 3 O enter then his gates with praise, Approach with joy his courts unto; Praise, laud, and bless his name always, For it is seemly so to do. 4 For why? the Lord our God is good, His mercy is for ever sure; His truth at all times firmly stood, And shall...
Page 248 - Their beds are made in the heavens high, Down at the foot of our good lord's knee, Weel set about wi' gillyflowers : , I wot sweet company for to see.
Page 174 - An' fill it in a silver tassie ; That I may drink before I go A service to my bonnie lassie : The boat rocks at the pier o...
Page 17 - Like snaw-wreaths in thaw, John, I'm wearin' awa' To the land o' the leal. There's nae sorrow there, John, There's neither cauld nor care, John, The day is aye fair In the land o' the leal. Our bonnie bairn's there, John, She was baith gude and fair, John, And oh ! we grudged her sair To the land o
Page 83 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Page 194 - He cam' and lookit again at her ; 0 gin her skin was white ! " I might hae spared that bonnie face To hae been some man's delight."
Page 193 - Tis not sic cauld that makes me cry, But my Love's heart grown cauld to me. When we came in by Glasgow town We were a comely sight to see; My Love was clad in the black velvet, And I mysell in cramasie.
Page 184 - O yon is the mountain of hell,' he cried, 'Where you and I will go.' And aye when she turn'd her round about, Aye taller he seemed for to be; Until that the tops o' that gallant ship Nae taller were than he.
Page 167 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.