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... course to pursue . This hesitation did not long endure . A party of peasants broke from the shelter of the rock ; shouting loudly , they desired us to halt , and keeping their eyes steadily fixed upon us , that their aim might be ...
... course to pursue . This hesitation did not long endure . A party of peasants broke from the shelter of the rock ; shouting loudly , they desired us to halt , and keeping their eyes steadily fixed upon us , that their aim might be ...
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... course of his various historical investigations . And yet with all these habits and advantages , English readers , we fear , will discover that the work is not altogether satisfactory . There is a deficiency of clearness in the ...
... course of his various historical investigations . And yet with all these habits and advantages , English readers , we fear , will discover that the work is not altogether satisfactory . There is a deficiency of clearness in the ...
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... course of the events . Some allusions , which are in themselves unintelligible , were ex- plained a century afterwards by Mary's correspondence with her Ambas- sador in Paris . Forgers could not be acquainted with the subject of these ...
... course of the events . Some allusions , which are in themselves unintelligible , were ex- plained a century afterwards by Mary's correspondence with her Ambas- sador in Paris . Forgers could not be acquainted with the subject of these ...
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... course of that period seen a great deal of service , be necessarily varied and deeply inte- resting , certainly few or none will take precedence of the Fiftieth in these respects . By simply regarding the number of titles which it has ...
... course of that period seen a great deal of service , be necessarily varied and deeply inte- resting , certainly few or none will take precedence of the Fiftieth in these respects . By simply regarding the number of titles which it has ...
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... course , belonged to the Kit - cat club . One day , at a meeting to choose toasts for the year , a whim seized him to nominate her , then not eight years old , a candidate ; alleging that she was far prettier than any lady on their list ...
... course , belonged to the Kit - cat club . One day , at a meeting to choose toasts for the year , a whim seized him to nominate her , then not eight years old , a candidate ; alleging that she was far prettier than any lady on their list ...
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Página 243 - Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Página 262 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Página 293 - I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was; man is but an ass, if he go about to expound this dream.
Página 245 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty : Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Página 74 - ... the caverns of the deep. Silence, oblivion, like the waves, have closed over them, and no one can tell the story of their end. What sighs have been wafted after that ship ! what prayers offered up at the deserted fireside of home ! How often has the...
Página 562 - ... but it was not to be found. In his distress he looked down for it ; it was to be seen no more than to be felt. He stood confounded, and I took possession of his place ; nor did he ever recover it, or ever, I believe, suspect who was the author of his wrong. Often in after-life has the sight of him smote me as I passed by him ; and often have I resolved to make him some reparation ; but it ended in good resolutions.
Página 560 - I last night supped in Mr Walter Scott's. He has the most extraordinary genius of a boy I ever saw. He was reading a poem to his mother when I went in. I made him read on : it was the description of a shipwreck. His passion rose with the storm. He lifted his eyes and hands. 'There's the mast gone,' says he; 'crash it goes ! — they will all perish ! ' After his agitation, he turns to me. 'That is too melancholy,' says he; 'I had better read you something more amusing.
Página 74 - There was no trace by which the name of the ship could be ascertained. The wreck had evidently drifted about for many months ; clusters of shell-fish had fastened about it, and long sea-weeds flaunted at its sides. But where, thought I, is the crew ? Their struggle has long been over — they have gone down amidst the roar of the tempest — their bones lie whitening among the caverns of the deep ; silence, oblivion, like the waves, have closed over them, and no one can tell the story of their end.
Página 560 - He has the most extraordinary genius of a boy I ever saw. He was reading a poem to his mother when I went in. I made him read on; it was the description of a shipwreck. His passion rose with the storm. He lifted his eyes and hands. ' There's the mast gone,' says he ; * crash it goes! — they will all perish!' After his agitation, he turns to me. ' That is too melancholy,' says he; ' I had better read you something more amusing.
Página 574 - ... house did not observe with perfect equanimity the novel usage to which her chintz was exposed. The Shepherd, however, remarked nothing of all this — dined heartily and drank freely, and, by jest, anecdote, and song, afforded plentiful merriment to the more civilized part of the company. As the liquor operated, his familiarity increased and strengthened ; from ' Mr. Scott,' he advanced to ' Sherra,' and thence to ' Scott,' 'Walter,' and 'Wattie,' — until, at supper, he [fairly convulsed the...