The Pirate, Volúmenes1-3Archibald Constable and Company; and Hurst, Robinson, and Company, London., 1822 - 346 páginas |
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... answered him , ( to use an Ossianic phrase , ) like a wave up- on a rock . " Trees , Sir Factor - talk not to me of trees ! I care not though there never be one on the island , tall enough to hang a coxcomb upon . We I will have no ...
... answered him , ( to use an Ossianic phrase , ) like a wave up- on a rock . " Trees , Sir Factor - talk not to me of trees ! I care not though there never be one on the island , tall enough to hang a coxcomb upon . We I will have no ...
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... answered the persevering agricultu- rist , " whilk I opine would be of so much con- sequence , there are two ways - down the Linkla- ter glen , or by the Scalmester burn . Now , ha- ving levelled both ” . " There is a third way , Master ...
... answered the persevering agricultu- rist , " whilk I opine would be of so much con- sequence , there are two ways - down the Linkla- ter glen , or by the Scalmester burn . Now , ha- ving levelled both ” . " There is a third way , Master ...
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... answer , retort , and repartee , as closely huddled upon each other as the sounds which announce from a distance a close and sustained fire of musketry . " Hear reason , sir ? " said the Udaller ; will hear reason , and speak reason too ...
... answer , retort , and repartee , as closely huddled upon each other as the sounds which announce from a distance a close and sustained fire of musketry . " Hear reason , sir ? " said the Udaller ; will hear reason , and speak reason too ...
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... answered Mag- nus Troil . " It is drawn by four wretched bullocks , " said the agriculturist , " that are yoked breast - fashion ; and two women must follow this unhappy instru- ment , and complete the furrow with a couple of shovels ...
... answered Mag- nus Troil . " It is drawn by four wretched bullocks , " said the agriculturist , " that are yoked breast - fashion ; and two women must follow this unhappy instru- ment , and complete the furrow with a couple of shovels ...
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... answered the poet , " if they made ale without barley . " " Barley ! —alack - a - day ! " replied the more ac- curate agriculturist , " who ever heard of barley in these parts ? Bear , my dearest friend , bear is all they have , and ...
... answered the poet , " if they made ale without barley . " " Barley ! —alack - a - day ! " replied the more ac- curate agriculturist , " who ever heard of barley in these parts ? Bear , my dearest friend , bear is all they have , and ...
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Página 279 - I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history; And, questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie...
Página 150 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key; As if our hands, our sides...
Página 119 - I pass, like night, from land to land; I have strange power of speech ; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me: To him my tale I teach.
Página 298 - Nae langer she wept^— her tears were a' spent,— Despair it was come, and she thought it content; She thought it content, but her cheek it grew pale, And she droop'd, like a lily broke down by the hail.
Página 279 - They thought it should have canopied their bones Till doomsday ; but all things have their end : Churches and cities, which have diseases like to men, Must have like death that we have.
Página 196 - There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled, and Mercy sigh'd farewell!