Tales of My Landlord,: The black dwarfWilliam Blackwood, Prince's Street: and John Murray, Albemarle Street, London., 1816 - 347 páginas |
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... tion , that , de facto , I have seen states and men also ; for I have visited the famous cities of Edinburgh and Glas- gow , the former twice , and the latter three times , in the course of my earth- ly pilgrimage . And , moreover , I ...
... tion , that , de facto , I have seen states and men also ; for I have visited the famous cities of Edinburgh and Glas- gow , the former twice , and the latter three times , in the course of my earth- ly pilgrimage . And , moreover , I ...
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... tion , was , in the phrase of that country , wading or struggling with clouds , and shed only a doubtful and occasional light . By one of her beams , which streamed upon the great granite column , to which they now approached , they ...
... tion , was , in the phrase of that country , wading or struggling with clouds , and shed only a doubtful and occasional light . By one of her beams , which streamed upon the great granite column , to which they now approached , they ...
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... tion . " " Troth , for that matter , she would be as sair vexed amaist for you as for me -but d'ye really think there's nae pre- sumption in venturing back yonder ? - We hae nae special commission , ye ken . " " If I thought as you do ...
... tion . " " Troth , for that matter , she would be as sair vexed amaist for you as for me -but d'ye really think there's nae pre- sumption in venturing back yonder ? - We hae nae special commission , ye ken . " " If I thought as you do ...
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... mass of humanity ! Shall I be the idiot to throw this decrepid form , this mis - shapen lump of mortality , under her wheels , that the Dwarf , the Wizard , ' the Hunch - back , may save from destruc tion 126 TALES OF MY LANDLord .
... mass of humanity ! Shall I be the idiot to throw this decrepid form , this mis - shapen lump of mortality , under her wheels , that the Dwarf , the Wizard , ' the Hunch - back , may save from destruc tion 126 TALES OF MY LANDLord .
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Walter Scott. the Hunch - back , may save from destruc tion some fair form or some active frame , and all the world clap their hands at the exchange ? No , never ! -And yet this El- liot - this Hobbie , so young and gallant , so frank ...
Walter Scott. the Hunch - back , may save from destruc tion some fair form or some active frame , and all the world clap their hands at the exchange ? No , never ! -And yet this El- liot - this Hobbie , so young and gallant , so frank ...
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Página 119 - Marry, then, sweet wag, when thou art king, let not us, that are squires of the night's body, be called thieves of the day's beauty : let us be — Diana's foresters, gentlemen of the shade, minions of the moon : And let men say, we be men of good government; being governed as the sea is, by our noble and chaste mistress the moon, under whose countenance we — steal.
Página 122 - When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.