Border Memories: Or, Sketches of Prominent Men and Women of the BorderJ. Thin, 1876 - 371 páginas |
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Border Memories: Or, Sketches of Prominent Men and Women of the Border Walter Riddell Carre Visualização integral - 1876 |
Border Memories: Or, Sketches of Prominent Men and Women of the Border Walter Riddell Carre Visualização integral - 1876 |
Border Memories: Or, Sketches of Prominent Men and Women of the Border Walter Riddell Carre Visualização integral - 1876 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
acquired afterwards ancestor Ancrum Andrew Angus appointed Archibald ballad Baron Baronet battle became Border born brother Buccleuch burgh called Castle Cavers celebrated century Cessford Charles charter Church Covenanters daughter death descended died distinguished Douglas Duke Earl Earl of Angus early Edinburgh eldest eminent England English Ettrick Ettrick Forest father favour Ferniehirst Flodden Galashiels gallant George Haining Harden Hawick heir Henry honour James VI Jedburgh Kelso Lady laird land Larriston Lilliesleaf lived London Lord Lord Jedburgh Lord Minto Lothian Margaret Marquis marriage married Melrose Midlem minister Minto Murray Napier parish Parliament poet possessed preach Pringle Redheugh returned Riddell Carre Robert Roxburgh Roxburghshire Rutherford says Scotland Scots Selkirk Selkirkshire Sir Gilbert Sir James Sir John Sir John Riddell Sir Walter Scott Sir William sons Stichill Stobbs succeeded Thomas Thomas Boston took wife William Scott
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Página 350 - Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes; Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies: Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee; In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me!
Página 237 - Be merciful after thy power. If thou hast much, give plenteously; if thou hast little, do thy diligence gladly to give of that little: for so gatherest thou thyself a good reward in the day of necessity.
Página 366 - To mount the first before us a'. He has ta'en the watchman by the throat, He flung him down upon the lead — "Had there not been peace between our lands, Upon the other side thou hadst gaed ! "Now sound out, trumpets!" quo' Buccleuch; "Let's waken Lord Scroope right merrilie !" Then loud the warden's trumpet blew — 0 who dare meddle wi me?
Página 350 - ABIDE with me ; fast falls the eventide ; The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide ; When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me. Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day ; Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away ; Change and decay in all around I see; O Thou Who changest not, abide with me.
Página 174 - I, Watty Wudspurs, loose the kye ! " I winna layne my name frae thee ! " And I will loose out the Captain's kye, " In scorn of a
Página 351 - Yes, he is mine ! and nought of earthly things, Not all the charms of pleasure, wealth or power, The fame of heroes, or the pomp of kings, Could tempt me to forego his love an hour. ' Go, worthless world,' I cry, ' with all that's thine ! Go ! I my Saviour's am, and he is mine.
Página 195 - THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign, Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never-withering flowers : Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours. 3 Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Página 330 - I've heard them lilting at our ewe-milking, Lasses a' lilting before dawn o' day; But now they are moaning on ilka green loaning — The Flowers of the Forest are a
Página 59 - And he has plunged in wi' a' his band, And safely swam them thro' the stream. He turned him on the other side, And at Lord Scroope his glove flung he' If ye like na my visit in merry England, In fair Scotland come visit me...
Página 265 - Sir Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day — so warm, that every window was wide open — and so perfectly still, that the sound of all others most delicious to his ear, the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes.