The Black Dwarf; Old Mortality; Quentin DurwardAldine book publishing Company, 1889 - 1001 páginas |
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... youth of the country ardently attached to this sport , with all its dangers and fatigues . The sword had been sheathed upon the Borders for * Note A The Black Dwarf . more than a hundred years , by the peaceful union THE BLACK DWARF .
... youth of the country ardently attached to this sport , with all its dangers and fatigues . The sword had been sheathed upon the Borders for * Note A The Black Dwarf . more than a hundred years , by the peaceful union THE BLACK DWARF .
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... youth were , about the time that our narrative begins , expecting , rather with hope than apprehension , an opportunity of emulating their fathers in their military achievements , the recital of which formed the chief part of their ...
... youth were , about the time that our narrative begins , expecting , rather with hope than apprehension , an opportunity of emulating their fathers in their military achievements , the recital of which formed the chief part of their ...
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... youth well known to him , a gentleman of some fortune in that remote country , and who had been abroad on the same errand with himself . Young Earnscliff , " of that ilk , " had lately come of age , and succeeded to a moderate fortune ...
... youth well known to him , a gentleman of some fortune in that remote country , and who had been abroad on the same errand with himself . Young Earnscliff , " of that ilk , " had lately come of age , and succeeded to a moderate fortune ...
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... the Dwarf ; " so young , and already so artful ? You came - you know you came , to exult in the con- sciousness of your own youth , wealth , and beauty , by contrast- ing them with age , poverty , and deformity . 23 THE BLACK DWARF .
... the Dwarf ; " so young , and already so artful ? You came - you know you came , to exult in the con- sciousness of your own youth , wealth , and beauty , by contrast- ing them with age , poverty , and deformity . 23 THE BLACK DWARF .
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... youth , Mr. Vere of Ellieslaw had been remarkable for a career of dissipation , which , in advanced life , he had ex- changed for the no less destructive career of dark and turbu lent ambition . In both cases he had gratified the ...
... youth , Mr. Vere of Ellieslaw had been remarkable for a career of dissipation , which , in advanced life , he had ex- changed for the no less destructive career of dark and turbu lent ambition . In both cases he had gratified the ...
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answered arms auld Balafré Balfour blood Bohemian Bothwell Burley called Castle Charles of Burgundy Claverhouse command companion Count Crèvecœur Croye Cuddie Duke of Burgundy Duke of Orleans Dunois Durward Dwarf Earnscliff Edith Ellieslaw Elshie enemy Erastian exclaimed eyes fair father favor fear followed frae France gentleman guard gude hand hast hastily hath Hayraddin head hear heard heart Heaven Hobbie honor horse insurgents Jenny King King's Lady Margaret Liege look Lord Crawford Lord Evandale Louis Maitre Pierre Majesty Major Bellenden Marck Mareschal maun Milnwood Miss Bellenden Miss Vere morning muckle never noble Old Mortality Oliver ower party Peronne person popinjay Prince prisoner Quentin Quentin Durward Ratcliffe replied Saint Scot Scotland Scottish seemed soldiers speak sword tell thee thou thought Tillietudlem tion tone Tower voice weel whig word young youth
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Página 190 - And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; And they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: And all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour And thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
Página 100 - I AM a son of Mars, Who have been in many wars, And show my cuts and scars Wherever I come ; This here was for a wench, And that other in a trench, When welcoming the French At the sound of the drum. Lai de daudle, &c.
Página 300 - Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known...
Página 191 - For Tophet is ordained of old ; Yea, for the king it is prepared ; He hath made it deep and large: The pile thereof is fire and much wood ; The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Página 318 - Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife, To all the sensual world proclaim,. One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.
Página 164 - SAVE me, O God ; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Página 69 - He then mounted his horse, and, turning to Morton, repeated the text of Scripture, 'An heavy yoke was ordained for the sons of Adam from the day they go out of their mother's womb till the day that they return to the mother of all things...
Página 190 - But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
Página 38 - Tis the fire-shower of ruin all dreadfully driven From his eyrie, that beacons the darkness of heaven. Oh, crested Lochiel ! the peerless in might, Whose banners arise on the battlements' height, Heaven's fire is around thee, to blast and to burn ; Return to thy dwelling ! all lonely return ! For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o'er her famishing brood.
Página 166 - In Judah's land God is well known. His name's in Israel great : In Salem is his tabernacle, In Zion is his seat. " There arrows of the bow he brake, The shield, the sword, the war. More glorious thou than hills of prey, More excellent art far.