Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland. Revised by A. Leighton. New ed, 13-14. kötet;116. kötet |
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16. oldal
... heard women talk of being ready to eat the nails from their fingers with vexa- tion , and on such occasions Mrs Thornton was so . But her anger did not amend the disposition of Christopher , though it often drew down upon him the ...
... heard women talk of being ready to eat the nails from their fingers with vexa- tion , and on such occasions Mrs Thornton was so . But her anger did not amend the disposition of Christopher , though it often drew down upon him the ...
20. oldal
... heard of Christopher . Even Peter Thornton knew nothing of where he was , or what had become of him - the child of his adoption was lost to him . He heard his neighbours upbraid him with having treated the boy with cruelty ; and Peter's ...
... heard of Christopher . Even Peter Thornton knew nothing of where he was , or what had become of him - the child of his adoption was lost to him . He heard his neighbours upbraid him with having treated the boy with cruelty ; and Peter's ...
23. oldal
... heard of the revengeful disposition of the Spanish people , and it was our lot to be its victims . I have said that it was impossible to look upon the face of Maria , and not love ; and many of the grandees and wealthiest citizens of ...
... heard of the revengeful disposition of the Spanish people , and it was our lot to be its victims . I have said that it was impossible to look upon the face of Maria , and not love ; and many of the grandees and wealthiest citizens of ...
32. oldal
... heard to run . Hours and hours passed ; still I was groping onward ; when I suddenly found my hopes cut off , by the interposition of a precipice . I probed fearfully forward with the sword , but all was an unsubstan- tial void ; I drew ...
... heard to run . Hours and hours passed ; still I was groping onward ; when I suddenly found my hopes cut off , by the interposition of a precipice . I probed fearfully forward with the sword , but all was an unsubstan- tial void ; I drew ...
33. oldal
... heard of them again . " When the major had thus concluded his narrative , 66 ' Here , " said Christopher , " are two rings which were taken from the fingers of my mother - both bear inscrip- tions . " The old officer gazed upon them ...
... heard of them again . " When the major had thus concluded his narrative , 66 ' Here , " said Christopher , " are two rings which were taken from the fingers of my mother - both bear inscrip- tions . " The old officer gazed upon them ...
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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...