Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland. Revised by A. Leighton. New ed, Volumes 11-12; Volume 115 |
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... manner in which you have dis- charged the duties of tutor to my boys ; but I have been thinking that it will be more to their advantage that their education , for the future , be a public one , and to - morrow I intend sending them to a ...
... manner in which you have dis- charged the duties of tutor to my boys ; but I have been thinking that it will be more to their advantage that their education , for the future , be a public one , and to - morrow I intend sending them to a ...
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... manner in which he had been treated , for they granted her request ; and about a month after he enlisted , the regiment marched from Carlisle , and Katie accompanied her husband . They went abroad somewhere - to the East or West Indies ...
... manner in which he had been treated , for they granted her request ; and about a month after he enlisted , the regiment marched from Carlisle , and Katie accompanied her husband . They went abroad somewhere - to the East or West Indies ...
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... manner * The contrast here shown may be extended by a reference to " The Henpecked Man , " and thus three specimens of the uxori emancipatus will be brought into comparison . - ED . VOL . XI . B which was not only totally concealed from ...
... manner * The contrast here shown may be extended by a reference to " The Henpecked Man , " and thus three specimens of the uxori emancipatus will be brought into comparison . - ED . VOL . XI . B which was not only totally concealed from ...
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... manner so ludicrous that it deserves to be recorded . The incorporation of Dyers and Scourers of P— ( at the time of ... manners , of an easy disposition , but , withal , as ambitious of fame as any of the aspirants for office in his ...
... manner so ludicrous that it deserves to be recorded . The incorporation of Dyers and Scourers of P— ( at the time of ... manners , of an easy disposition , but , withal , as ambitious of fame as any of the aspirants for office in his ...
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... manner of her husband previous to the entry of the deacon -- the deacon's visit so soon after the meeting , his speech , his wink , and all together - satisfied her that her husband was inclined to sign the bill , and that they had laid ...
... manner of her husband previous to the entry of the deacon -- the deacon's visit so soon after the meeting , his speech , his wink , and all together - satisfied her that her husband was inclined to sign the bill , and that they had laid ...
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Page 74 - Befall thee, I shall love thee to the last, And bear thy memory with me to the grave.
Page 6 - I was promis'd on a time. To have reason for my rhyme ; From that time unto this season, I receiv'd nor rhyme nor reason.
Page 70 - Of honorable gain; these fields, these hills Which were his living being, even more Than his own blood — what could they less? had laid Strong hold on his affections, were to him A pleasureable feeling of blind love, The pleasure which there is in life itself.
Page 70 - And grossly that man errs, who should suppose That the green valleys, and the streams and rocks, Were things indifferent to the Shepherd's thoughts. Fields, where with cheerful spirits he had breathed...
Page 13 - Ana!" said he; and he took her hand in his, and pressed it to his lips; " do not leave me — we shall yet be happy ! " Her eyes brightened for a moment— in them joy struggled with death, and the contest was unequal.
Page 77 - It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.
Page 134 - ... the highest of which was the dormitory, the second or middle served as a general refectory, and the lowest contained his cattle, which required this lodgment at night, or very few would have been found next morning. His enemy frequented the fairs on the north side of...
Page 241 - ... Twelfth Night,' for instance, and 'Much Ado about Nothing," where Olivia and Hero are concerned, throw even Malvolio and Sir Toby, and Benedick and Beatrice, into the shade. They ' give a very echo to the seat where love is throned.
Page 137 - ... concealment necessary. Gavin's hopes and love had been all revived by these rumours, and the sudden apparition, the voice, the appeal for mercy, had full effect on the bereaved father's imagination. The voice, eyes, and figure of Gordon, resembled his son ; all else might and must be changed by thirty years. He wept like an infant on his shoulder, grasped his hand a hundred times, and forgot to blame him for the rash disloyalty he had shown to his father's cause. His pretended son told him a...
Page 137 - ... inventing many, by the fond delight of the old man, weeping and rejoicing over his prodigal restored. He only asked by what happy chance he had discovered his secret entrance, and whether any present danger threatened him. Gordon answered the first question with the mere truth, and added, almost truly, that he feared nothing but the emissaries of the government, from whom he could not be better concealed than in Drummond's Keep.