The Three Perils of Woman; Or, Love, Leasing and Jealousy: A Series of Domestic Scottish Tales, Հատոր 1E. Duyckinck, 1823 |
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... mother calls for me through the whole house , I must begone . " When Gatty was left alone , she hung down her head , and sat for a space the very portrait of contem- plation ; then , after a long - drawn sigh , she said to her- self in ...
... mother calls for me through the whole house , I must begone . " When Gatty was left alone , she hung down her head , and sat for a space the very portrait of contem- plation ; then , after a long - drawn sigh , she said to her- self in ...
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... mother ; but , as old Daniel had resolved on accompanying them , and seeing them fairly fitted in town , his advices were generally very short and good - humoured . But , in one instance , he got fairly into the detail ; and it was so ...
... mother ; but , as old Daniel had resolved on accompanying them , and seeing them fairly fitted in town , his advices were generally very short and good - humoured . But , in one instance , he got fairly into the detail ; and it was so ...
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... mother - tongue suits always the lips of either a bonny lass or an auld carl the best . And mair than that , the braid Scots was never in sic repute sin ' the days of Davie Lindsey , thanks to my good friend Wattie Scott , -I may weel ...
... mother - tongue suits always the lips of either a bonny lass or an auld carl the best . And mair than that , the braid Scots was never in sic repute sin ' the days of Davie Lindsey , thanks to my good friend Wattie Scott , -I may weel ...
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... mother , " said she ; " and remem- ber me very particularly ; and , dearest father , if I die in Edinburgh , I beg , I entreat , that you will not bury me here . " " Gatty , I cannot stand this . Say but the word , and I will take you ...
... mother , " said she ; " and remem- ber me very particularly ; and , dearest father , if I die in Edinburgh , I beg , I entreat , that you will not bury me here . " " Gatty , I cannot stand this . Say but the word , and I will take you ...
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... mother's presence she sometimes sat on his knee . She sung to him ; she laughed at him ; and walked arm - in - arm with him to church . But all that time he never mentioned love , nor did she expect or desire that he should . She never ...
... mother's presence she sometimes sat on his knee . She sung to him ; she laughed at him ; and walked arm - in - arm with him to church . But all that time he never mentioned love , nor did she expect or desire that he should . She never ...
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Էջ 92 - O all you host of heaven! O earth! What else? And shall I couple hell? O fie! Hold, hold, my heart, And you, my sinews, grow not instant old, But bear me stiffly up ! Remember thee? Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat In this distracted globe.
Էջ 92 - That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer : welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing. O, let not virtue seek Remuneration for the thing it was ; For beauty, wit, High birth, vigour of bone, desert in service, Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all To envious and calumniating time. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin ; That all with one consent praise new-born gawds, Though they are made and moulded...
Էջ 247 - O all-mighty an' just God, who can fathom the depth of thy judgment? It is higher than heaven, what can we do; it is deeper than hell, what can we understand? What shall we, or what can we, do to appease thy displeasure? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, or the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? If thou requirest it, I must; but, in the mean time, we leave with thee this night two broken an' contrite spirits, an' bow to thy decision, whatever it may be.
Էջ 247 - It is higher than heaven, what can we do: it is deeper than hell, what can we know: the measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea...