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... side were , the elder Lord Scroope of Bolton , Sir John Foster , Sir Thomas Gargrave , and Dr. Rookby . On the Scottish side , appeared Sir John Maxwell of Terreagles , and Sir John Bellenden . The Queen's Mire is still a pass of danger ...
... side were , the elder Lord Scroope of Bolton , Sir John Foster , Sir Thomas Gargrave , and Dr. Rookby . On the Scottish side , appeared Sir John Maxwell of Terreagles , and Sir John Bellenden . The Queen's Mire is still a pass of danger ...
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... side , He saw the green haw sea . " - BUCHAN . ] They fetche'd a web o ' the silken claith , §§ Another o ' the twine , [ side , And they wapp'd them round that gude ship's But still the sea cam in . O laith , laith , were our gude ...
... side , He saw the green haw sea . " - BUCHAN . ] They fetche'd a web o ' the silken claith , §§ Another o ' the twine , [ side , And they wapp'd them round that gude ship's But still the sea cam in . O laith , laith , were our gude ...
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... side . James , Earl of Douglas , with perty of James Ellis , Esq . , who is also a proprietor his brother the Earl of Murray , in 1387 , invaded of a neighbouring eminence called Fawdoun hill , on Northumberland at the head of 3000 men ...
... side . James , Earl of Douglas , with perty of James Ellis , Esq . , who is also a proprietor his brother the Earl of Murray , in 1387 , invaded of a neighbouring eminence called Fawdoun hill , on Northumberland at the head of 3000 men ...
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... side they should at the winter and long nights came in , unlesse present any time be put at They had their scoutes on the cure and remedy were provided for them . I desired tops of hills , on the English side , to give them warn- them ...
... side they should at the winter and long nights came in , unlesse present any time be put at They had their scoutes on the cure and remedy were provided for them . I desired tops of hills , on the English side , to give them warn- them ...
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... side , In spite of all thy force and thee . " Wist England's King that I was ta'en , O gin a blythe man he wad be ! For anes I slew his sister's son , And on his breist bane brak a trie . " - John wore a girdle about his middle ...
... side , In spite of all thy force and thee . " Wist England's King that I was ta'en , O gin a blythe man he wad be ! For anes I slew his sister's son , And on his breist bane brak a trie . " - John wore a girdle about his middle ...
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Seite 165 - There lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was she; She had three stout and stalwart sons, And sent them oer the sea. They hadna been a week from her, « A week but barely ane, When word came to the carline wife That her three sons were gane.
Seite 141 - O that I were where Helen lies ! Night and day on me she cries ; Out of my bed she bids me rise, Says,
Seite 195 - O no, O no, Thomas," she said, That name does not belang to me ; I am but the queen of fair Elfland, That am hither come to visit thee.
Seite 46 - Now, ever alake ! my master dear, I fear a deadly storm ! " I saw the new moon late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm.
Seite 166 - Blow up the fire, my maidens! Bring water from the well! For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my three sons are well.
Seite 325 - When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go— but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruined pile ; And, home' returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! II.
Seite 46 - To take the helm in hand, Till you go up to the tall topmast, But I fear you'll ne'er spy land.
Seite 329 - Tis said, as through the aisles they pass'd, They heard strange noises on the blast ; And through the cloister-galleries small, Which at mid-height thread the chancel wall Loud sobs, and laughter louder, ran, And voices unlike the voice of man; As if the fiends kept holiday, Because these spells were brought to day. I cannot tell how the truth may be : I say the tale as 'twas said to me.
Seite 347 - Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand ! Still, as I view each well-known scene, Think what is now, and what hath been, Seems as, to me, of all bereft, Sole friends thy woods and streams were left ; And thus I love them better still, Even in extremity of ill.
Seite 325 - When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory...