Paul Jones : a Romance, Volume 1Oliver & Boyd, 1826 - 1123 páginas |
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... heart , — when a coronet encloses a dull and an obtuse intel- lect , —when one of the hereditary gods of the earth acts below the mark of a mere man , and appears among the rational spirits of the land , like a saint of wood among the ...
... heart , — when a coronet encloses a dull and an obtuse intel- lect , —when one of the hereditary gods of the earth acts below the mark of a mere man , and appears among the rational spirits of the land , like a saint of wood among the ...
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... heart with the alacrity of truth . I cannot believe in what I ima- gine the wings of fiction cannot bear me from the earth ; or , if I succeed in a short excursion , I feel like the bird which so singed its wings as it flew by torch ...
... heart with the alacrity of truth . I cannot believe in what I ima- gine the wings of fiction cannot bear me from the earth ; or , if I succeed in a short excursion , I feel like the bird which so singed its wings as it flew by torch ...
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... hearts to inanimate nature , and are gone to reside in cities or in palaces . The farmer has forsaken his low and thatched spence , with its carved oak furni- ture , its hearth - fire , and its floor of stone or clay ; the magic wand of ...
... hearts to inanimate nature , and are gone to reside in cities or in palaces . The farmer has forsaken his low and thatched spence , with its carved oak furni- ture , its hearth - fire , and its floor of stone or clay ; the magic wand of ...
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... heart , with which she had endowed the other ; while , to complete the dissimilitude , educa- tion and circumstances had combined to animate their minds and hearts by different impulses , which gave to each a marked and decided ...
... heart , with which she had endowed the other ; while , to complete the dissimilitude , educa- tion and circumstances had combined to animate their minds and hearts by different impulses , which gave to each a marked and decided ...
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... hearts , Wha are sae bonnie as we , and forget- ting that the blast may break ye , —the sun scorch ye , —some wanton hand pluck ye and cast ye away , —or , waur than a ' , the random step of some dour ne'er - do - weel may dint ye into ...
... hearts , Wha are sae bonnie as we , and forget- ting that the blast may break ye , —the sun scorch ye , —some wanton hand pluck ye and cast ye away , —or , waur than a ' , the random step of some dour ne'er - do - weel may dint ye into ...
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Andrew Paton answered auld beauty blessed blood boat bonnie bosom brow Caerlaverock Cameronian Captain castle cavern Corbie Criffel dame dark daugh daughter deep dropt Dumfries evil eyes face fair folly frae Galwegian gazed glance Grace grave gude Halliday hand head heard heart heaven honour horse John Cargill John Paul Joysan Justice kirk kythed Lady Emeline Lady Phemie land lass light lips look Lord Dalveen Lord Thomas Macgubb Macmittimus maiden mair Maud Paul maun mirth moon mother neck never noble pistol Prudence quean Rodan sails Saint Bees Scotland seat ship shore Siddick side sister smile Solway sorrow spirit spoke stept stood sweet sword tell thee there's thine thing thou thought tide veen voice weel wild wind wise wish words yere young lord young nobleman
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Página 103 - She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay.
Página 349 - Adieu, adieu ! my native shore Fades o'er the waters blue ; The night-winds sigh, the breakers roar, And shrieks the wild sea-mew. Yon sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight ; Farewell awhile to him and thee, My native land — Good night...
Página 150 - Dont waste your time at family funerals grieving for your relatives: attend to life, not to death: there are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it, and better.
Página 1 - Degrees and orders given us ? In you men, 'Tis held a coolness if you lose your right, Affronts and loss of honour. Streets, and walls, And upper ends of tables...
Página 156 - If blest with pliant, tho' but slender, sense, Feign'd modesty, and real impudence : A supple knee, smooth tongue, an easy grace, A curse within, a smile upon his face ; A beauteous sister, or convenient wife, Are prizes in the lottery of life ; Genius and virtue they will soon defeat, And lodge you in the bosom of the great. To merit, is but to provide a pain For men's refusing what you ought to gain.
Página 197 - What though the laddie kist me, When I was at the mill! A kiss is but a touch; And a touch can do nae ill.
Página 3 - ... hovered, — history owes it some of its happiest hours, and song some of its best inspirations.
Página 3 - ... the narrow valley, — where some six or seven trees, bald with age, and bearing...
Página 306 - Cameronian had placed between them, confronted him at some six paces distance. They looked at each other — they raised their right hands at once, and the double flash and knell made the horses rear and the riders start. Down sprang Cargill with all the alacrity of youth, and threw himself in between them. They both stood— their pistols reeking...