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... door wi ' him , and I would tell him ye're coming up - or stay - Gudewife , could ye lend this gentleman the gudeman's gallo- way , and I'll send it ower the Waste in the morn- ing wi ' the callant ? " The galloway was turned out upon ...
... door wi ' him , and I would tell him ye're coming up - or stay - Gudewife , could ye lend this gentleman the gudeman's gallo- way , and I'll send it ower the Waste in the morn- ing wi ' the callant ? " The galloway was turned out upon ...
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... door opened , and a half - dressed ewe - milker , who had done that good office , shut it in their faces , in order that she might run ben the house , to cry , " Mistress , mistress , it's the master , and another man wi ' him ...
... door opened , and a half - dressed ewe - milker , who had done that good office , shut it in their faces , in order that she might run ben the house , to cry , " Mistress , mistress , it's the master , and another man wi ' him ...
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... door , for there's a ' the bairns , poor things , sae keen to see their father . " This explained a great drumming and whining at the door of the little parlour , which had some- what surprised Brown , though his kind landlady had only ...
... door , for there's a ' the bairns , poor things , sae keen to see their father . " This explained a great drumming and whining at the door of the little parlour , which had some- what surprised Brown , though his kind landlady had only ...
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... door ; " and , rising , she faced to- wards the door of the apartment , observing heed- fully not to turn back her head , and , withdrawing a bolt or two , ( for , notwithstanding the miserable appearance of the place , the door was ...
... door ; " and , rising , she faced to- wards the door of the apartment , observing heed- fully not to turn back her head , and , withdrawing a bolt or two , ( for , notwithstanding the miserable appearance of the place , the door was ...
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... door , with the intention of plunging among the trees , and making his escape by flight , from what he now es- teemed a den of murderers , but Merrilies held him 12 64 GUY MANNERING . appearance of the well-disposed ogress of a fairy ...
... door , with the intention of plunging among the trees , and making his escape by flight , from what he now es- teemed a den of murderers , but Merrilies held him 12 64 GUY MANNERING . appearance of the well-disposed ogress of a fairy ...
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Page 339 - My pulse, as yours, doth temperately keep time, And makes as healthful music. It is not madness That I have utter'd : bring me to the test, And I the matter will re-word, which madness Would gambol from.
Page 85 - As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate. So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet...
Page 298 - A prison is a house of care. A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive. Sometimes a place of right. Sometimes a place of wrong, Sometimes a place of rogues and thieves, And honest men among.
Page 268 - I remember the tune well, though I cannot guess what should at present so strongly recall it to my memory. " He took his flageolet from his pocket, and played a simple melody. Apparently the tune awoke the corresponding associations of a damsel...
Page 452 - MAGISTRATE. I hear thy words, I feel thy pain; Forbear awhile to speak thy woes; Receive our aid, and then again The story of thy life disclose. For, though seduced and led astray, Thou'st travell'd far and wander'd long; Thy God hath seen thee all the way, And all the turns that led thee wrong.
Page 35 - Grins fell destruction, to the monster's heart Let the dart lighten from the nervous arm. These Britain knows not; give, ye Britons, then Your sportive fury, pitiless, to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold Him, from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.
Page 205 - A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason ; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.