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Página 89 - And mony a hill between ; But day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair : I hear her in the tunefu' birds, I hear her charm the air : There's not a bonnie flower that springs By fountain, shaw, or green, There's not a bonnie bird that sings But minds me o
Página 283 - And with that he saw the chamber door open, and there came out a great clearness, that the house was as bright as though all the torches of the world had been there. So he came to the chamber door, and would have entered; and anon a voice said -unto him, "Stay, Sir Launcelot, and enter not.
Página 282 - COME back to Erin, Mavourneen, Mavourneen ! Come back, Aroon, to the land of thy birth, Come with the shamrocks and springtime, Mavourneen, And it's Killarney shall ring with our mirth.
Página 141 - I never was much of a shot, though, so the disappointment is not very great ; but it is an ill wind that blows nobody good, and it will give you all the larger range.
Página 90 - Wi' balmy gale, frae hill and dale Bring Tiame the laden bees ; And bring the lassie back to me That's aye sae neat and clean ; Ae smile o' her wad banish care, Sae charming is my Jean.
Página 18 - Highlands ; and it would have been well for him if he had been satisfied with that distinction ; but it was not so.
Página 90 - There's not a bonnie bird that sings, but minds me o' my Jean. O blaw ye westlin winds, blaw soft among the leafy trees ! Wi' gentle gale, fra' muir and dale, bring hame the laden bees! And bring the lassie back to me, that's aye sae sweet and clean, Ae blink o...
Página 41 - Cambridge: indigestive blue-stockings, 'inverted' philosophers, saucey persons and leathery-looking lawyers; sportsmen en route for their shootings, yachting men for their yachts, gamekeepers, ghillies and figure footmen; bleary Germans and dyspeptic yankees calculating the exact number of cocked hats into which the Mississippi knocks the Clyde; jocund schoolboys, breadand-butter misses, 'cock-lairds...
Página 41 - ... podrida — a dainty dish to set before Democritus. As these persona shift about and interchange and intermingle, the scenes and acts of separate dramas get confused and entangled in the quaintest way. The hero of one walks into another and becomes its zany ; and the highlife...
Página 40 - ... heard a fellow-passenger remark, " This lona is far better than most plays ; " and he was very right. You won't often meet with a quainter assortment of human units. The steamer is a moving stage, on which you can see going on, side by side, no end of little dramas ; and as for the dramatis...