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Página 56
... afore twa callants like me and Mr North ! North . By the by , Shepherd , have you ever observed that ladies - married ladies chiefly - who are more than ordinarily religious , are very fond of good eating ? Shepherd . Without religion a ...
... afore twa callants like me and Mr North ! North . By the by , Shepherd , have you ever observed that ladies - married ladies chiefly - who are more than ordinarily religious , are very fond of good eating ? Shepherd . Without religion a ...
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... afore grace a caulker o ' Glenlivet , that made your een glower and water in your head as if you had been lookin at Mrs Siddons in the sleep- walking scene in Shakspeare's tragedy of Macbeth — gin ye had an appeteet after a ' that ...
... afore grace a caulker o ' Glenlivet , that made your een glower and water in your head as if you had been lookin at Mrs Siddons in the sleep- walking scene in Shakspeare's tragedy of Macbeth — gin ye had an appeteet after a ' that ...
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... afore gloamin for a het denner ? So , whene'er I'm betrayed into a luncheon , I mak it a luncheon wi ' a vengeance ; and then order in the kettle , and finish aff wi ' a jug or twa , just the same as gin it had been a regular denner wi ...
... afore gloamin for a het denner ? So , whene'er I'm betrayed into a luncheon , I mak it a luncheon wi ' a vengeance ; and then order in the kettle , and finish aff wi ' a jug or twa , just the same as gin it had been a regular denner wi ...
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... afore me , and Hector youf - youfin round the Gallow - Stane - where , in days of yore , the saints- Tickler . Sire ? Shepherd . Nane o ' your mockin - I'm the Editor ; and , to prove't , I'll order in - the Balaam - box . Tickler ...
... afore me , and Hector youf - youfin round the Gallow - Stane - where , in days of yore , the saints- Tickler . Sire ? Shepherd . Nane o ' your mockin - I'm the Editor ; and , to prove't , I'll order in - the Balaam - box . Tickler ...
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... afore . Once or twice it cracked , and the sound was fearsome , -a lang , sullen growl , as of some monster starting out o ' sleep , and raging for prey . But the bits o ' bairns just leuch , and never gied ower sliding ; and the ...
... afore . Once or twice it cracked , and the sound was fearsome , -a lang , sullen growl , as of some monster starting out o ' sleep , and raging for prey . But the bits o ' bairns just leuch , and never gied ower sliding ; and the ...
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Página 354 - Memoir of Sir William Hamilton, Bart., Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the University of Edinburgh. By Professor VEITCH of the University of Glasgow. 8vo, with Portrait, 18s.
Página 46 - Disuse in him forgetfulness had wrought, In Latin he composed his history ; A garrulous, but a lively tale, and fraught With matter of delight, and food for thought. And if he could in Merlin's glass have seen By whom his tomes to speak our tongue were taught, The old man would have felt as pleased, I ween, As when he won the ear of that great empress- queen.
Página 18 - To what a low state knowledge of the most obvious and important phenomena had sunk, is evident from the style in which Dryden has executed a description of Night in one of his Tragedies, and Pope his translation of the celebrated moon-light scene in the Iliad.
Página 18 - Pope still retain their hold upon public estimation,— nay, there is not a passage of descriptive poetry which at this day finds so many and such ardent admirers. Strange to think of an enthusiast, as may have been the case with thousands, reciting those verses under the cope of a moon-light sky, without having his raptures in the least disturbed by a suspicion of their absurdity.
Página 195 - Rich as a rainbow with its hues of light, Pure as the moonshine of an autumn night : Weep not for Her ' Weep not for her ! — There is no cause for woe"; But rather nerve the spirit that it walk Unshrinking o'er the thorny paths below, And from earth's low defilements keep thee back : So, when a few fleet severing years have flown, She'll meet thee at heaven's gate — and lead thee on ! Weep not for Her.