Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Volumes 5-6William Orr, 1846 |
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... eyes were wild . This night her husband presented her to you . She is Madame Wessendorf . ' ' What a fortune my poor Senore has missed , ' said St Leon to himself , as he accompanied his niece and her German husband home . ' Good night ...
... eyes were wild . This night her husband presented her to you . She is Madame Wessendorf . ' ' What a fortune my poor Senore has missed , ' said St Leon to himself , as he accompanied his niece and her German husband home . ' Good night ...
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... eyes of my kindred . It might have been that the iron which entered into my soul so early , had left its rust behind ; but no one loved me in the place where I was born . I need not say how far my spirit wandered from the beaten path in ...
... eyes of my kindred . It might have been that the iron which entered into my soul so early , had left its rust behind ; but no one loved me in the place where I was born . I need not say how far my spirit wandered from the beaten path in ...
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... eyes ; he had not anticipated so pointed a question . It is yours ; but remember that the law gives me control over it , ' he replied somewhat sharply . Mrs Matthews coloured deeply in her turn ; and then , a moment after , the blood ...
... eyes ; he had not anticipated so pointed a question . It is yours ; but remember that the law gives me control over it , ' he replied somewhat sharply . Mrs Matthews coloured deeply in her turn ; and then , a moment after , the blood ...
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... eyes now and then , as she listens in seeming atten- Again the soft eyes smiled ; but the answer was in a careless tone- Oh , you never were fond of that sort of comfort , provoke you who might ; so don't say you refused Norry Connors ...
... eyes now and then , as she listens in seeming atten- Again the soft eyes smiled ; but the answer was in a careless tone- Oh , you never were fond of that sort of comfort , provoke you who might ; so don't say you refused Norry Connors ...
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... eyes , and said , ' Don't be uneasy , father , about your own colleen ; we are of one mind in this ; but for all that , it is not for us to give poor Larry the hard word ; he has trouble enough , and little comfort now . ' • Her ...
... eyes , and said , ' Don't be uneasy , father , about your own colleen ; we are of one mind in this ; but for all that , it is not for us to give poor Larry the hard word ; he has trouble enough , and little comfort now . ' • Her ...
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Page 16 - are most of them old decayed serving-men and tapsters, and such kind of fellows ; and,' said I, ' their troops are gentlemen's sons, younger sons, and persons of quality ; do you think that the spirits of such base and mean fellows will ever be able to encounter gentlemen, that have honour and courage and resolution in them...
Page 16 - Honest men served you faithfully in this action. Sir, they are trusty : I beseech you, in the name of God, not to discourage them. I wish this action may beget thankfulness and humility in all that are concerned in it. He that ventures his life for the liberty of his country, I wish he trust God for the liberty of his conscience, and you for the liberty he fights for.
Page 16 - I did indeed ; and desired him " that he would make some additions to my Lord Essex's " army of some new regiments ; and I told him I would " be serviceable to him in bringing such men in as I thought " had a spirit that would do something in the work. This " is very true that I tell you ; God knows I lie not. ' Your " ' troops,' said I, ' are most of them old decayed serving" ' men, and tapsters, and such kind of fellows ; and...
Page 47 - The plan which I adopted, and the one by which I was most successful, was that of making friends of all the little white boys whom I met in the street. As many of these as I could, I converted into teachers.
Page 111 - Peninsula and Brock Rivulet long memorable to me. We English have some tents; the Scots have none. The hoarse sea moans bodeful, swinging low and heavy against these whinstone bays; the sea and the tempests are abroad, all else asleep but we, — and there is One that rides on the wings of the wind.
Page 15 - I was a person who, from my first ' employment, was suddenly preferred and lifted up from lesser ' trusts to greater ; from my first being a Captain of a Troop ' of Horse ; and did labour as well as I could to discharge ' my trust ; and God blessed me " therein " as it pleased
Page 17 - The next day, the other two towers were summoned; in one of which was about six or seven score; but they refused to yield themselves: and we knowing that hunger must compel them, set only good guards to secure them from running away until their stomachs were come down. From one of the said towers, notwithstanding their condition, they killed and wounded some of our men. When they submitted, their officers were knocked on the head ; and every tenth man of the soldiers killed; and the rest shipped...
Page 46 - if you teach that nigger (speaking of myself) how to read, there would be no keeping him. It would forever unfit him to be a slave. He would at once become unmanageable, and of no value to his master. As to himself, it could do him no good, but a great deal of harm. It would make him discontented and unhappy.
Page 237 - While thus exerting himself, a bystander destitute of sight would suppose that the whole feathered tribe had assembled together on a trial of skill, each striving to produce his utmost effect, so perfect are his imitations. He many times deceives the sportsman, and sends him in search of birds that perhaps are not within miles of him, but whose notes he exactly imitates ; even birds themselves are frequently imposed on by this admirable mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied calls of their mates ;...
Page 53 - I thought it right he. should be inform'd of our success in using it, and wrote him several letters containing accounts of our experiments. He got them read in the Royal Society, where they were not at first thought worth so much notice as to be printed in their Transactions.