The Old Bachelor in the Old Scottish Village. [Essays and Sketches.]Myles Macphail, 1845 - Всего страниц: 247 |
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... seen lying by the full - grown man - was levelled down into one dull blank of vague and unimpressive con- jecture . As for the epitaphs of our church - yards in gene- ral , whether in town or country , the less that is said of them the ...
... seen lying by the full - grown man - was levelled down into one dull blank of vague and unimpressive con- jecture . As for the epitaphs of our church - yards in gene- ral , whether in town or country , the less that is said of them the ...
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... seen the peace of their cottages within , and the solemn re- verence of young and old , when some grey - haired patriarch has gathered himself up in his bed , and , ere he died , blessed his children . CHAPTER III . OUR NEIGHBOURS . THE ...
... seen the peace of their cottages within , and the solemn re- verence of young and old , when some grey - haired patriarch has gathered himself up in his bed , and , ere he died , blessed his children . CHAPTER III . OUR NEIGHBOURS . THE ...
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... seen the form of a body , stretched out from head to feet in the fixed com- posure of the dead . As the matron ( probably a kind neighbour of the bereaved mourner ) advanced to me in silence , but with a questioning look , I quietly ...
... seen the form of a body , stretched out from head to feet in the fixed com- posure of the dead . As the matron ( probably a kind neighbour of the bereaved mourner ) advanced to me in silence , but with a questioning look , I quietly ...
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... seen . " Old Beyond old Peter Stirling's dwelling was the Crown Inn , the only hostelrie of the Village . Mine hostess would sell no liquor after a certain hour in the evening ; and to nobody would she give it on the Sabbath - day ...
... seen . " Old Beyond old Peter Stirling's dwelling was the Crown Inn , the only hostelrie of the Village . Mine hostess would sell no liquor after a certain hour in the evening ; and to nobody would she give it on the Sabbath - day ...
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... seen the Fairies by moonlight on the green ferny braes . Sandy Brunton , the thin hero of my present notice , was a Fairy Changeling . His mother was one day shearing in the harvest field . She had left her plump rosy - cheeked infant ...
... seen the Fairies by moonlight on the green ferny braes . Sandy Brunton , the thin hero of my present notice , was a Fairy Changeling . His mother was one day shearing in the harvest field . She had left her plump rosy - cheeked infant ...
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Стр. 80 - And this is in the night. — Most glorious night ! Thou wert not sent for slumber ! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee...
Стр. 47 - Fraught with a transient, frozen shower, If a cloud should haply lower, Sailing o'er the landscape dark, Mute on a sudden is the lark ; But when gleams the sun again O'er the pearl-besprinkled plain. And from behind his watery veil Looks through the thin descending hail ; She mounts, and, lessening to the sight, Salutes the blithe return of light, And high her tuneful track pursues Mid the dim rainbow's scatter'd hues.
Стр. 171 - Nature seemed In silent contemplation to adore Its Maker. Now and then the aged leaf Fell from its fellows, rustling to the ground, And as it fell bade man think on his end.
Стр. 60 - Countrymen, My heart doth joy that yet, in all my life, I found no man but he was true to me. I shall have glory by this losing day, More than Octavius and Mark Antony By this vile conquest shall attain unto. So fare you well at once; for Brutus...
Стр. 214 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy GOD chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy GOD, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him. For the LORD thy GOD bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Стр. 39 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Стр. 57 - Amphytrion to the Stage, I heard him give it his first Reading to the Actors, in which, though it is true he deliver'd the plain Sense of every Period, yet the whole was in so cold, so flat, and unaffecting a manner, that I am afraid of not being believ'd when I affirm it.
Стр. 214 - And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war^/zV for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains...