Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland. Revised by A. Leighton. New ed, 13-14. kötet;116. kötet |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 42 találatból.
6. oldal
... hear the master and ye talk ; I am surprised that both o ' ye haena mair sense . Do ye not tak into consideration that the bairn is learning in a foreign language ? Had his mother lived , he would hae spoken Spanish ; and how can ye ...
... hear the master and ye talk ; I am surprised that both o ' ye haena mair sense . Do ye not tak into consideration that the bairn is learning in a foreign language ? Had his mother lived , he would hae spoken Spanish ; and how can ye ...
10. oldal
... hear her dying words . He followed her coffin like a broken - hearted man ; and he sobbed over her grave like a weaned child on the lap of its mother . But many months had not passed when it was evident that the orphan Christopher was ...
... hear her dying words . He followed her coffin like a broken - hearted man ; and he sobbed over her grave like a weaned child on the lap of its mother . But many months had not passed when it was evident that the orphan Christopher was ...
40. oldal
... hear me speak thus o ' ane wha has sae lang enjoyed the first place in your young affections ; but my auld een hae a ... hears the love tale o ' vanities frae the lips o ' secret lovers ? " " A ' that's new to me , mother , " answered ...
... hear me speak thus o ' ane wha has sae lang enjoyed the first place in your young affections ; but my auld een hae a ... hears the love tale o ' vanities frae the lips o ' secret lovers ? " " A ' that's new to me , mother , " answered ...
69. oldal
... hear or see the approaching danger , till the mighty flood was upon him . My informant - a shepherd - threw aside plaid and staff , and ran to the rescue ; but the red and roaring flood was before him ; and a fine boy of seven or eight ...
... hear or see the approaching danger , till the mighty flood was upon him . My informant - a shepherd - threw aside plaid and staff , and ran to the rescue ; but the red and roaring flood was before him ; and a fine boy of seven or eight ...
80. oldal
... hear them , like the bulls of Bashan , a full mile distant . " " Terrible ! But are they numerous ? " Oh , exceedingly ! " . " And what kind of flowers have they to feed on ? ” " Why , just ordinary flowers . They cover them all over ...
... hear them , like the bulls of Bashan , a full mile distant . " " Terrible ! But are they numerous ? " Oh , exceedingly ! " . " And what kind of flowers have they to feed on ? ” " Why , just ordinary flowers . They cover them all over ...
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
aboot Alexander Cockburn Andrew arms auld bairn beauty Bertha brother called canna Canonmills captain castle child Christopher Covenanters cried Cummin dark daugh daughter dead dear death dinna Donaldson door Douglas doun Edward exclaimed eyes face Fanny father fear feelings frae Gavin Douglas George George Wallace girl Glenday Goldie hand head heard heart Heaven idiot Inverleith Jenny Joan Plantagenet John Connal knew looked lord lordship lover M'Intyre maiden mair Margery Matilda maun Menie mind miserable Mordington morning mother neighbours never night Oakum owre Peter Peter Thornton poor puir Raeburn Ramorgny replied returned Richard Richard Blackwell Roseallan round Scotland seen sister speak stood sword tears tell Thornton thou thought tion took voice Wallace Wark Castle weel wife William window woman words young
Népszerű szakaszok
58. oldal - NOTHING so true as what you once let fall, " Most women have no characters at all." Matter too soft a lasting mark to bear, And best distinguish'd by black, brown, or fair. How many pictures of one nymph we view...
162. oldal - I NEVER cast a flower away, The gift of one who cared for me — A little flower — a faded flower — But it was done reluctantly. I never looked a last adieu To things familiar, but my heart Shrank with a feeling almost pain, Even from their lifelessness to part. I never spoke the word
95. oldal - Alas! regardless of their doom The little victims play; No sense have they of ills to come Nor care beyond to-day: Yet see how all around 'em wait The ministers of human fate And black Misfortune's baleful train!
45. oldal - Falkland, and attracted by his groans to the grated window of his dungeon, which was level with the ground, became acquainted with his story. It was her custom to steal thither at night, and bring him food by dropping small cakes through the grating, whilst her own milk, conducted through a pipe to his mouth, was the only way he could be supplied with drink.
106. oldal - All that the landlord could gain from those residing upon his estate was their personal service in battle, their assistance in labouring the land retained in his natural possession, some petty quit rents of a nature resembling the feudal casualties, and perhaps a share in the spoil which they acquired by rapine.
184. oldal - Maud," working up the passion of the concluding stanzas with extraordinary power, each line in a higher key than the one before it, and then, his voice falling suddenly with the last words: Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple red. He added, as the tears stood in his eyes and his voice trembled with emotion, "No one knows what 'Maud' is till they have heard me read It.
138. oldal - Richard called him slave, and said he had set his life upon a cast and he would stand the hazard of the die.
30. oldal - There can no good come to him that is always occupied in evil, nor to him that giveth no alms.
42. oldal - Lord) is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord ; " therefore cursed is he of the Lord...