Leaflets of Memory, Volumen11Butler and Williams, 1855 |
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... harper , who craved admittance , that he might tell , in other lands , of Scottish halls and Scottish hospitality . His arrival could not have been more opportune ; the feast was at its height , and all were ready to listen to the songs ...
... harper , who craved admittance , that he might tell , in other lands , of Scottish halls and Scottish hospitality . His arrival could not have been more opportune ; the feast was at its height , and all were ready to listen to the songs ...
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... harper's address . " You are welcome , worthy harper , " said the chieftain ,. " you are right welcome : you shall have the best enter- tainment my poor castle can afford , so shall we stand well in the eyes of other countries . As for ...
... harper's address . " You are welcome , worthy harper , " said the chieftain ,. " you are right welcome : you shall have the best enter- tainment my poor castle can afford , so shall we stand well in the eyes of other countries . As for ...
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... harper fully deserved to be rewarded with the poet's crown ; the Lady Alice herself being appointed to place it on his brow . A wreath of evergreens was accordingly brought , and the harper was ordered to draw near , that he might ...
... harper fully deserved to be rewarded with the poet's crown ; the Lady Alice herself being appointed to place it on his brow . A wreath of evergreens was accordingly brought , and the harper was ordered to draw near , that he might ...
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... harper ; strange feelings rose in his breast ; his blood beat rapidly in his veins ; and hopes he did not dare to cherish , came and went , like misty stars through the stormy sky . He was awakened from his trance by the voice of ...
... harper ; strange feelings rose in his breast ; his blood beat rapidly in his veins ; and hopes he did not dare to cherish , came and went , like misty stars through the stormy sky . He was awakened from his trance by the voice of ...
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... harper , as he slowly chanted the following verses : - SONG . Oh ! I would wend with thee , love , Though all were night and sorrow , And I would die for thee , love , Though fate should say to - morrow . My cloak shall be thy couch ...
... harper , as he slowly chanted the following verses : - SONG . Oh ! I would wend with thee , love , Though all were night and sorrow , And I would die for thee , love , Though fate should say to - morrow . My cloak shall be thy couch ...
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Página 196 - Was it in order to raise a fortune that you consumed the sprightly hours of youth in study and retirement ? Was it to be rich that you grew pale over the midnight lamp, and distilled the sweetness from the Greek and Roman spring?
Página 195 - T is well : be above it, then, only do not repine that you are not rich. Is knowledge the pearl of price ? That too may be purchased — by steady application, and long, solitary hours of study and reflection. Bestow these, and you shall be wise.
Página 72 - Great were the hearts and strong the minds Of those who framed, in high debate, The immortal league of love that binds Our fair broad empire, state with state. And...
Página 214 - Every good act, he would say, is charity. Your smiling in your brother's face is charity; an exhortation of your fellow man to virtuous deeds is equal to alms-giving; your putting a wanderer in the right road is charity; your assisting the blind is charity; your removing stones and thorns and other obstructions from the road is charity; your giving water to the thirsty is charity.
Página 196 - What reward! A large comprehensive soul, well purged from vulgar fears, and perturbations, and prejudices; able to comprehend and interpret the works of man — of God. A rich, flourishing, cultivated mind, pregnant with inexhaustible stores of entertainment and reflection. A perpetual spring of fresh ideas; and the conscious dignity of superior intelligence. Good heaven! and what reward can you ask besides?
Página 214 - He who is not affectionate to God's creatures, and to his own children," would he say, '' God will not be affectionate to him. Every Moslem who clothes the naked of his faith, will be clothed by Allah in the green robes of paradise.
Página 214 - Your smiling in your brother's face is charity ; an exhortation of your fellow-man to virtuous deeds is equal to alms-giving ; your putting a wanderer in the right road is charity ; your assisting the blind is charity ; your removing stones and thorns and other obstructions from the road is charity ; your giving water to the thirsty is charity. " A man's true wealth hereafter is the good he does in this world to his fellowman. When he dies, people will say, What property has he left behind him ?...
Página 217 - ... power by the miracles he wrought. None of these attributes, however, have been sufficient to enforce conviction, and even the miracles of Moses and Jesus have been treated with unbelief. I, therefore, the last of the prophets, am sent with the sword ! Let those who promulgate my faith enter into no argument nor discussion; but slay all who refuse obedience to the law. Whoever fights for the true faith, whether he fall or conquer, will assuredly receive a glorious reward.
Página 295 - Call not that man wretched who, whatever else he suffers, as to pain inflicted or pleasure denied, has a child for whom he hopes and on whom he dotes.
Página 17 - She sings the wild song of her dear native plains, Every note which he loved awaking — Ah! little they think, who delight in her strains, How the heart of the minstrel is breaking!