Works, Volume 20Houghton Mifflin, 1923 |
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... thing , when much that was influential on my own for- tunes has fled from my recollection . It is therefore natural that , whilst deliberating on what might be 1 See Note 5 . brought forward for the amusement of the public , I 4 ...
... thing , when much that was influential on my own for- tunes has fled from my recollection . It is therefore natural that , whilst deliberating on what might be 1 See Note 5 . brought forward for the amusement of the public , I 4 ...
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... thing I could refuse thee . ' The smith , for , as has been said , such was the craft of this sturdy artisan , was encouraged modestly to salute the Fair Maid , who yielded the courtesy with a smile of affection that might have become a ...
... thing I could refuse thee . ' The smith , for , as has been said , such was the craft of this sturdy artisan , was encouraged modestly to salute the Fair Maid , who yielded the courtesy with a smile of affection that might have become a ...
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... thing not worth mentioning . ' ' For what didst thou drub him , O man of peace ? ' inquired the glover . ' For nothing that I can remember , ' replied the smith , ' except his presenting himself on the south side of Stirling Bridge ...
... thing not worth mentioning . ' ' For what didst thou drub him , O man of peace ? ' inquired the glover . ' For nothing that I can remember , ' replied the smith , ' except his presenting himself on the south side of Stirling Bridge ...
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... Smith for Catharine and me . Think how the poor thing is beset from morning to night , and by what sort of persons , even though windows be down and doors shut . We were accosted to - day by one 39 THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH.
... Smith for Catharine and me . Think how the poor thing is beset from morning to night , and by what sort of persons , even though windows be down and doors shut . We were accosted to - day by one 39 THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH.
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Sir Walter Scott. yet she must see and know that these things make a difference betwixt man and man , and that the differ- ence is not in my favour . ' ' Here is to thee , with all my ... thing , she would bring 43 THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH.
Sir Walter Scott. yet she must see and know that these things make a difference betwixt man and man , and that the differ- ence is not in my favour . ' ' Here is to thee , with all my ... thing , she would bring 43 THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH.
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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...