Reginald Dalton, Volume 3William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and T. Cadell, London, 1823 - 337 páginas |
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Página 156 - And babes, sweet-smiling babes, our bed. How should I love the pretty creatures, While round my knees they fondly clung ; To see them look their mother's features, To hear them lisp their mother's tongue. And when with envy, time transported, Shall think to rob us of our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I'll go wooing in my boys.
Página 164 - To be ? what to be, Mr Macdonald ?" said the lady with an air of surprise, rather too grave to be affected. " What's to be, Leddy Catline ?" " Yes, what's to be, Mr Macdonald ?" " What's to be, mem ?" " What's to be, sir ?" " The thing, mem — the business — the whole affair " " The whole affair, sir ? — the business, sir...
Página 68 - That Mother, whose spirit in fetters is bound, While she dandles the Babe in her arms to the sound. Now, coaches and chariots ! roar on like a stream ; Here are twenty souls happy as souls in a dream : They are deaf to your murmurs — they care not for you, Nor what ye are flying, nor what ye pursue ! STAR-GAZERS.
Página 117 - What ! would ony Christian body even yon bit object to a bonny sonsy weel-faured young woman like Miss Catline?
Página 332 - Sir Charles sprung from his seat, cast a glowing eye upon Mr Macdonald, and taking a roll of parchment from his bosom, said, " Young man, generous young man, you have been tried abundantly — Read this, and be happy." Reginald hesitated. Macdonald whispered, " Ay, ay, 'tis all one thing — take it, man — take it, and be thankful.
Página 104 - Many a penny makes a pound. A penny saved is the seed of pounds saved. And pounds saved means comfort, plenty, wealth, and independence. But the penny must be earned honestly. It is said that a penny earned honestly is better than a shilling given. A Scotch proverb says, " The gear that is gifted is never sae sweet as the gear that is won.
Página 330 - Reginald took the paper, and making Ellen sit down by her father, advanced to the table, where the lights were, and began to read. He went over the whole while every body kept silence. Every now and then, as he was reading, he threw a glance upon the...