Waverley Novels: From the Last Rev. Ed., Containing the Author's Final Corrections, Notes, &c, Volumen 12S.H. Parker and B.B. Mussey, 1852 |
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... poor old neighbor Haagen ashamed that he was not killed some scores of years since ? ..... Get ye along , get ye along to the sword - dance , that the strangers that are amongst us may see that our hands and our weapons are not ...
... poor old neighbor Haagen ashamed that he was not killed some scores of years since ? ..... Get ye along , get ye along to the sword - dance , that the strangers that are amongst us may see that our hands and our weapons are not ...
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... poor . He had , besides , some powers of conversation , when , as we have already hinted , he chose to exert them , and his misan- thropy or aversion to the business and intercourse of or- dinary life , was often expressed in an ...
... poor . He had , besides , some powers of conversation , when , as we have already hinted , he chose to exert them , and his misan- thropy or aversion to the business and intercourse of or- dinary life , was often expressed in an ...
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... poor man . This was , indeed , balanced in some sort by the impression which his ruddy cheek and robust form had the fortune to make upon Miss Barbara Clinkscale , daughter to the umquhile , and sister to the then existing Clinkscale of ...
... poor man . This was , indeed , balanced in some sort by the impression which his ruddy cheek and robust form had the fortune to make upon Miss Barbara Clinkscale , daughter to the umquhile , and sister to the then existing Clinkscale of ...
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... poor Dame Yellowley was rather frightened at the hurley - burley which had taken place in her presence , but she was taken suddenly ill ; and , contrary to the for- mula in such cases used and provided , was soon reported to be " a good ...
... poor Dame Yellowley was rather frightened at the hurley - burley which had taken place in her presence , but she was taken suddenly ill ; and , contrary to the for- mula in such cases used and provided , was soon reported to be " a good ...
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... poor substi- tute . Yet he advanced in his learning , being found , how- ever , to show a particular favour to such authors of antiquity as had made the improvement of the soil the object of their researches . He endured the Bucolics of ...
... poor substi- tute . Yet he advanced in his learning , being found , how- ever , to show a particular favour to such authors of antiquity as had made the improvement of the soil the object of their researches . He endured the Bucolics of ...
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Página 119 - A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Página 235 - 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 194 - I fear, too early : for my mind misgives, Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night's revels...
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Página 162 - Portugal I sung, Was but the prelude to that glorious day, When thou on silver Thames didst cut thy way, With...