Paul Jones : a Romance, Volume 1Oliver & Boyd, 1826 - 1123 páginas |
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... shore a twin image of maritime desola- tion ; over that rugged spot the genius of romance has long hovered , —history owes it some of its hap- piest hours , and song some of its best inspirations . With that wild and desolate place must ...
... shore a twin image of maritime desola- tion ; over that rugged spot the genius of romance has long hovered , —history owes it some of its hap- piest hours , and song some of its best inspirations . With that wild and desolate place must ...
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... shore with the poetic skill and glowing fidelity of Turner , -the portraits of its peasant- ry with the easy grace and intellectual shrewdness of Wilkie , and images of some of the stirring spirits of old Scotland with the native vigour ...
... shore with the poetic skill and glowing fidelity of Turner , -the portraits of its peasant- ry with the easy grace and intellectual shrewdness of Wilkie , and images of some of the stirring spirits of old Scotland with the native vigour ...
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... shore - yon poor bewildered girl is part of the wreck you have wrought - she knows not that her deluder is returned - she prays at your very knees for your safety - the prayers of a heart most barbarously crushed . This was no sacrifice ...
... shore - yon poor bewildered girl is part of the wreck you have wrought - she knows not that her deluder is returned - she prays at your very knees for your safety - the prayers of a heart most barbarously crushed . This was no sacrifice ...
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... shore . All was still ; she laid her ear to the ground , and heard only the murmur of the tide . The road to the Mermaid- bay was rough and difficult ; but to that place she resolved to go , and as she wound her way through the thickets ...
... shore . All was still ; she laid her ear to the ground , and heard only the murmur of the tide . The road to the Mermaid- bay was rough and difficult ; but to that place she resolved to go , and as she wound her way through the thickets ...
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... shore down to the wa- ter's edge . With locks disordered , and partly es- caped from the virgin fillet which enclosed them , -and a dress which betokened the rudeness of the roads , and looks which witnessed the anxie- ty of her bosom ...
... shore down to the wa- ter's edge . With locks disordered , and partly es- caped from the virgin fillet which enclosed them , -and a dress which betokened the rudeness of the roads , and looks which witnessed the anxie- ty of her bosom ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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...