Letters from the Mountains: Being the Real Correspondence of a Lady, Between the Years 1773 and 1807, Volumen3Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, J. Hatchard, Mrs. Cook, 1809 - 220 páginas |
Términos y frases comunes
Adieu admire affection affectionate amiable anguish Balgo Balgowan beauty beloved blessing BOATH Bristol Charlotte charmed cheerful comfort consolation cordial cottage Court of Session DEAR FRIEND DEAR HELEN DEAR MADAM death delighted drow Dunchattan ease Edinburgh Review elegance ELIZABETH DRAPER endeared enjoy enjoyment esteem excellent expect fancy fear feel felicity flatter friendship genius give GLASGOW happy hear heart heart of iron highest hope Highland honour hope to taste imagination indulge irreligion JORDAN HILL journey kind letter lady Laggan lament leisure live look MACINTOSH manner memory mind MISS DUNBAR mourn nature ness never Ourry painful peace Perthshire pilgrimage pity pleased pleasure PLYMPTON poems poor racter scorn Scotland shew social love soft soothe sorrow soul spirit stream suffered superior sure sweet sympathy tell tender thank thing thought tion tranquillity truth wish wonder Woodend worthy young
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Página 23 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Página 115 - And wear thou this' — she solemn said, And bound the Holly round my head : The polish'd leaves, and berries red, Did rustling play; And, like a passing thought, she fled In light away.
Página 114 - O, WERT thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea, My plaidie to the angry airt, I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee. Or did misfortune's bitter storms Around thee blaw, around thee blaw, Thy bield should be my bosom, To share it a', to share it a'.
Página 147 - Great Edward, with the lilies on his brow From haughty Gallia torn, And sad Chatillon, on her bridal morn That wept her bleeding Love, and princely Clare. And Anjou's heroine, and the paler rose, The rival of her crown and of her woes, And either Henry there, The murder'd saint, and the majestic lord, That broke the bonds of Rome.
Página 25 - He felt the approaches of death, and hoped no relief from medicine, though his life was not such, as one should like to look back on at that awful period. Indeed whose is ? It pleased the Almighty to render his last scene most affecting and exemplary. He died last Tuesday evening ; and, from the minute he was confined till a very little before he expired, never ceased imploring the divine mercy in the most earnest and pathetic manner.
Página 26 - ... on at that awful period. Indeed, whose is ? It pleased the Almighty to render his last scene most affecting and exemplary. He died last Tuesday evening; and from the minute he was confined till a very little before he expired, never ceased imploring the divine mercy in the most earnest and pathetic manner. People about him were overawed and melted by the fervour and bitterness of his penitence. He frequently and earnestly entreated the prayers of good serious people of the lower class who were...
Página 27 - ... of late a great inclination to be an indulgent landlord, and very liberal to the poor, of which I could relate various instances, more tender and interesting than flashy or ostentatious. His heart and temper were originally good. His religious principles were, I fear, unfixed and fluctuating; but the primary cause that so much genius, taste, benevolence, and prosperity, did not produce or diffuse more happiness, was his living a stranger to the comforts of domestic life, from which unhappy connexions...
Página 34 - Her legs were buskin'd, and the left before ; In act to shoot, a silver bow she bore, And at her back a painted quiver wore. She trod a...
Página 104 - With a kind of mild disdain, and philosophick tranquillity, he kept aloof from a world, for which the delicacy of his feelings, the purity of his integrity, and the intuitive discernment with which he saw into character, in a manner disqualified him, that is, from enjoying it ; for who can enjoy the world without deceiving or being deceived ? But recollections crowd on me, and I wander.
Página 27 - ... more absurd and insignificant they grow in the long run ; for when infirmity comes on, and fame and business lose their attractions, they must needs have somebody to love and trust, and they then become the dupes of wretched toad eaters, and slaves to designing housekeepers. Such was poor James, who certainly was worthy of a better fate.