Tales of My Landlord: second seriesM. Carey & Son, 1818 |
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Halaman 1
... present proprietor , who cared for no rustic amuse- ments , and was as saving , timid , and retired , as his father had been at once grasping and selfishly extrava- gant , daring , wild , and intrusive . VOL . II . A Dumbiedikes was ...
... present proprietor , who cared for no rustic amuse- ments , and was as saving , timid , and retired , as his father had been at once grasping and selfishly extrava- gant , daring , wild , and intrusive . VOL . II . A Dumbiedikes was ...
Halaman 3
... present errand being with the Laird , she looked round the offices to see if she could find any domes- tic to announce that she wished to see him . As all was silence , she ventured to open one door ; -it was the old Laird's dog ...
... present errand being with the Laird , she looked round the offices to see if she could find any domes- tic to announce that she wished to see him . As all was silence , she ventured to open one door ; -it was the old Laird's dog ...
Halaman 5
... present . The good - looking , buxom woman , betwixt forty and fifty , ( for such we described her at the death of the last laird ) was now a fat , red- faced , old dame of seventy , or thereabouts , fond of her place , and jealous of ...
... present . The good - looking , buxom woman , betwixt forty and fifty , ( for such we described her at the death of the last laird ) was now a fat , red- faced , old dame of seventy , or thereabouts , fond of her place , and jealous of ...
Halaman 18
... present on the melancholy occasion , was able to place it in all its agony of horrors before his excruci- ated imagination . That sleep should have visited his eyes , after such a curfew - note , was impossible . A thou- sand dreadful ...
... present on the melancholy occasion , was able to place it in all its agony of horrors before his excruci- ated imagination . That sleep should have visited his eyes , after such a curfew - note , was impossible . A thou- sand dreadful ...
Halaman 25
... present circum- stances , give me a husband's right to protect you , and I will go with you myself upon this journey , and assist you to do your duty by your family . " " Alas , Reuben ! " said Jeanie in her turn , " this must not be ...
... present circum- stances , give me a husband's right to protect you , and I will go with you myself upon this journey , and assist you to do your duty by your family . " " Alas , Reuben ! " said Jeanie in her turn , " this must not be ...
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acquainted answered Jeanie Archibald auld bairn Benjamin Butler better betwixt canna captain clergyman companion daughter David Deans dinna Donacha Duke of Argyle duke's Dumbiedikes Duncan Dunlop cheeses Edinburgh Effie Effie's eyes father favour fear feelings frae gang gentleman girl Glass grace gude hand head heard heart HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN Highland honour hope Inverary Jeanie Deans Jeanie's journey kirk Knockdunder Knocktarlitie Lady Staunton Laird land lass Leonard's Libberton live look Lord Madge Wildfire mair Majesty Manse maun mind minister morning mother muckle Murdockson never ower person poor puir Queen Queen Caroline replied Reuben Butler Roseneath Saddletree Scotland seemed seen siller Sir George Staunton sister speak Staun suld sure tell thee thou thought tion tone Tummas unhappy wad hae walk weel whilk wild wish words ye ken ye maun young woman
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Halaman 18 - Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Halaman 68 - He that is down needs fear no fall; He that is low no pride; He that is humble ever shall Have God to be his guide.
Halaman 27 - A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Halaman 32 - Proud Maisie is in the wood, Walking so early. Sweet Robin sits on the bush, Singing so rarely. 'Tell me, thou bonny bird, When shall I marry me? ' 'When six braw gentlemen Kirkward shall carry ye.
Halaman 15 - My horse moved on; hoof after hoof He raised, and never stopped : When down behind the cottage roof, At once, the bright moon dropped. What fond and wayward thoughts will slide Into a lover's head! "O mercy!" to myself I cried, "If Lucy should be dead!
Halaman 86 - Wi' yill-caup commentators; Here's crying out for bakes an' gills, An" there the pint-stowp clatters; While thick an' thrang, an' loud an' lang, Wi' logic an' wi' Scripture, They raise a din, that in the end Is like to breed a rupture O
Halaman 117 - When first they put the name of king upon me, And bade them speak to him ; then prophet-like They hail'd him father to a line of kings : Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, Thence to be wrench'd with an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding.
Halaman 43 - Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses. These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The virtuous mind, that ever walks attended By a strong-siding champion, Conscience.
Halaman 152 - O, my Leddy, then it isna what we hae dune for oursells, but what we hae dune for others, that we think on maist pleasantly. And the thoughts that ye hae intervened to spare the puir thing's life will be sweeter in that hour, come when it may, than if a word of your mouth could hang the haill Porteous mob at the tail of ae tow.
Halaman 151 - O madam, if ever ye kend what it was to sorrow for and with a sinning and a suffering creature, whose mind is sae tossed that she can be neither ca'd fit to live or die, have some compassion on our misery...