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. oldal
... stood and spoke to her ; but she gazed on them with wild looks of despair , and she an- swered them in a strange language , which they did not un- derstand . 66 She has been a lady , poor thing , " said some of them . " Ha ! " said ...
... stood and spoke to her ; but she gazed on them with wild looks of despair , and she an- swered them in a strange language , which they did not un- derstand . 66 She has been a lady , poor thing , " said some of them . " Ha ! " said ...
9. oldal
... stood dux of his class , and once there , he stood like a nail driven into a wall , which might not be removed . His teacher , who was a man of considerable knowledge and reading ( though perhaps not what those calling themselves ...
... stood dux of his class , and once there , he stood like a nail driven into a wall , which might not be removed . His teacher , who was a man of considerable knowledge and reading ( though perhaps not what those calling themselves ...
11. oldal
... stood with his eyes now bent upon the ground , now upon her , and again upon his mother's ring , as she turned it round and round . " Well , " said she , addressing her husband , and still turn- ing it round as she spoke , " it is ...
... stood with his eyes now bent upon the ground , now upon her , and again upon his mother's ring , as she turned it round and round . " Well , " said she , addressing her husband , and still turn- ing it round as she spoke , " it is ...
17. oldal
... stood aghast at the manner of the boy . His every look , his every action , bespoke desperation . He thrust his clenched hand towards Mr Thornton , exclaiming , " Touch me not ! -the rings are mine ! -I will have them ! " 66 The muckle ...
... stood aghast at the manner of the boy . His every look , his every action , bespoke desperation . He thrust his clenched hand towards Mr Thornton , exclaiming , " Touch me not ! -the rings are mine ! -I will have them ! " 66 The muckle ...
50. oldal
... stood irresolute , and again looked around her , but saw no one . She was flurried ; and her desire to get home urged her to take it up , and proceed hurriedly along the road , with the view of taking it to the house with her , to ...
... stood irresolute , and again looked around her , but saw no one . She was flurried ; and her desire to get home urged her to take it up , and proceed hurriedly along the road , with the view of taking it to the house with her , to ...
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...