The Old Bachelor in the Old Scottish Village. [Essays and Sketches.]Myles Macphail, 1845 - 247 páginas |
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... Scotland , besides being in the first place directly at variance with the wishes of the latter nation , awoke the remembrance of former at- tempts from the same quarter to impose a civil government ; and thus Episcopacy became doubly ...
... Scotland , besides being in the first place directly at variance with the wishes of the latter nation , awoke the remembrance of former at- tempts from the same quarter to impose a civil government ; and thus Episcopacy became doubly ...
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... Scotland have declined within the last forty years , from a gradual change of trade and manners . There is now a shoemaker in every village , and the annual fair is now no longer the necessary resort for the fatherly purchaser of single ...
... Scotland have declined within the last forty years , from a gradual change of trade and manners . There is now a shoemaker in every village , and the annual fair is now no longer the necessary resort for the fatherly purchaser of single ...
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... Scotland ; but the shooting minister , though the stubble - field or the hill- side is certainly a less roistering place than the rink , is an abomination . He may play at backgammon , though chance is predominant in the game , and no ...
... Scotland ; but the shooting minister , though the stubble - field or the hill- side is certainly a less roistering place than the rink , is an abomination . He may play at backgammon , though chance is predominant in the game , and no ...
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... Scotland . As he made it a point of conscience not to miss one of these solemn occasions in the three counties already referred to , he was seen far and wide on his periodical tramps along the Scottish Border ; while , moreover , twice ...
... Scotland . As he made it a point of conscience not to miss one of these solemn occasions in the three counties already referred to , he was seen far and wide on his periodical tramps along the Scottish Border ; while , moreover , twice ...
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... Scotland ; nay , they belong to the wide world of mankind : They are part of that great Foundation of Example on which rest the faith and patience of the saints . On earth your names live in sweet memorial . Happy are ye ! And thou ...
... Scotland ; nay , they belong to the wide world of mankind : They are part of that great Foundation of Example on which rest the faith and patience of the saints . On earth your names live in sweet memorial . Happy are ye ! And thou ...
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The Old Bachelor in the Old Scottish Village. [Essays and Sketches.] Thomas Aird Vista completa - 1845 |
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Página 80 - And this is in the night. — Most glorious night ! Thou wert not sent for slumber ! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee...
Página 47 - Fraught with a transient, frozen shower, If a cloud should haply lower, Sailing o'er the landscape dark, Mute on a sudden is the lark ; But when gleams the sun again O'er the pearl-besprinkled plain. And from behind his watery veil Looks through the thin descending hail ; She mounts, and, lessening to the sight, Salutes the blithe return of light, And high her tuneful track pursues Mid the dim rainbow's scatter'd hues.
Página 171 - Nature seemed In silent contemplation to adore Its Maker. Now and then the aged leaf Fell from its fellows, rustling to the ground, And as it fell bade man think on his end.
Página 60 - Countrymen, My heart doth joy that yet, in all my life, I found no man but he was true to me. I shall have glory by this losing day, More than Octavius and Mark Antony By this vile conquest shall attain unto. So fare you well at once; for Brutus...
Página 214 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy GOD chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy GOD, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him. For the LORD thy GOD bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Página 39 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Página 57 - Amphytrion to the Stage, I heard him give it his first Reading to the Actors, in which, though it is true he deliver'd the plain Sense of every Period, yet the whole was in so cold, so flat, and unaffecting a manner, that I am afraid of not being believ'd when I affirm it.
Página 214 - And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war^/zV for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains...