The Coldstreams and the musqueteers, Volume 1Thomas Cautley Newby, 1856 |
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... , profoundly still . No tinkling sheep - bell even could be heard , had any one been near to catch the sound . Sud- denly the hedge was thrust open , and a head peered through , and then the body was par- tially 2 THE COLDSTREAMS .
... , profoundly still . No tinkling sheep - bell even could be heard , had any one been near to catch the sound . Sud- denly the hedge was thrust open , and a head peered through , and then the body was par- tially 2 THE COLDSTREAMS .
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... heads , and soon a horseman was heard advancing at a smart pace . He speedily gained the road where the twain were ensconced , and as he rode swiftly past , two gunshots were heard almost in unison , and horse and rider fell headlong to ...
... heads , and soon a horseman was heard advancing at a smart pace . He speedily gained the road where the twain were ensconced , and as he rode swiftly past , two gunshots were heard almost in unison , and horse and rider fell headlong to ...
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... head to slay him . ' Twas the sword of the Lord and of Gideon that smote the Midianites hip and thigh , may it not be used against malignants who haunt our homesteads , and thus spread their pestilent doctrines under our very eyes ...
... head to slay him . ' Twas the sword of the Lord and of Gideon that smote the Midianites hip and thigh , may it not be used against malignants who haunt our homesteads , and thus spread their pestilent doctrines under our very eyes ...
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... head ac- companied the action , as if pointing out to Sir Giles , whose mind seemed absorbed in the vision , that a dark and fearful story was hidden beneath . The features , by degrees , wore a brighter and calmer expression , and the ...
... head ac- companied the action , as if pointing out to Sir Giles , whose mind seemed absorbed in the vision , that a dark and fearful story was hidden beneath . The features , by degrees , wore a brighter and calmer expression , and the ...
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... head of Medusa presented itself , with its fabulous power , it could not have been more complete in its effect , than had been the shadowless spectre his mind's eye had witnessed . For some minutes he remained almost motion- less , and ...
... head of Medusa presented itself , with its fabulous power , it could not have been more complete in its effect , than had been the shadowless spectre his mind's eye had witnessed . For some minutes he remained almost motion- less , and ...
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Page 186 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
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Page 163 - If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility ? Revenge. If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example ? Why, revenge. The villany you teach me I will execute ; and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.
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Page 271 - But then I sigh, and with a piece of Scripture, Tell them — that God bids us do good for evil ; And thus I clothe my naked villany With old odd ends, stolen forth of holy writ ; And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
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Page 77 - And let me the canakin clink, clink And let me the canakin clink: A soldier's a man; A life's but a span; Why then, let a soldier drink.
Page 186 - Cleanse the stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart? Doctor Therein the patient Must minister to himself. Macbeth Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of it.
Page 95 - Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; The thief doth fear each bush an officer.