Discipline, by the author of 'Self-control'.1814 |
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Side 14
... interrupt you Cecil , " said I. " Oh it's no interruption , lady , " returned Cecil . I'm sure ye have a lucky foot ; and I was feared that I was no ' to see you again , ' at I was . " << Why did not you come and visit me then , Cecil ...
... interrupt you Cecil , " said I. " Oh it's no interruption , lady , " returned Cecil . I'm sure ye have a lucky foot ; and I was feared that I was no ' to see you again , ' at I was . " << Why did not you come and visit me then , Cecil ...
Side 30
... that , unless you were to promise upon your word- " No , " interrupted I. " Do not tell me . Be honourable in this at least . And an- other time , if you wish to injure me , do so openly . I will endure all the little evil in 30.
... that , unless you were to promise upon your word- " No , " interrupted I. " Do not tell me . Be honourable in this at least . And an- other time , if you wish to injure me , do so openly . I will endure all the little evil in 30.
Side 33
... interrupted by the en- trance of Mr Boswell , whose features seem- ed animated by some incipient scheme . He took his place beside his mate , and forthwith began to toy and flatter : looking , however , as if he would fain have ventured ...
... interrupted by the en- trance of Mr Boswell , whose features seem- ed animated by some incipient scheme . He took his place beside his mate , and forthwith began to toy and flatter : looking , however , as if he would fain have ventured ...
Side 63
... interrupted I calmly , " to tell him that his daughter is out of immediate dan- ger ; and I was just going to convey the same news to you . " " Oh ! no doubt but you'll be clever enough to find some excuse . But I don't wish to have any ...
... interrupted I calmly , " to tell him that his daughter is out of immediate dan- ger ; and I was just going to convey the same news to you . " " Oh ! no doubt but you'll be clever enough to find some excuse . But I don't wish to have any ...
Side 73
... interrupted only by the return of the keeper , to bring my food at stated hours . lowing day , I became But , on the fol- sensible of such amendment , that the natural love of life began to struggle with the hopes and the fears of ...
... interrupted only by the return of the keeper , to bring my food at stated hours . lowing day , I became But , on the fol- sensible of such amendment , that the natural love of life began to struggle with the hopes and the fears of ...
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Side 166 - And seldom was a snood amid Such wild luxuriant ringlets hid. Whose glossy black to shame might bring The plumage of the raven's wing ; And seldom o'er a breast so fair Mantled a plaid with modest care ; And never brooch the folds combined Above a heart more good and kind.
Side 196 - Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Side 221 - Hail, awful scenes, that calm the troubled breast, And woo the weary to profound repose ! Can Passion's wildest uproar lay to rest, And whisper comfort to the man of woes ! Here Innocence may wander, safe from foes, And Contemplation soar on seraph wings.
Side 68 - The oppressor holds His body bound, but knows not what a range His spirit takes, unconscious of a chain, And that to bind him is a vain attempt Whom God delights in, and in whom He dwells.
Side 285 - Nearly adjoining are the parks, that is, one large tract of ground, surrounded with a low wall of loose stones, and divided into several parts by partitions of the same. The surface of the ground is all over heath, or, as they call it, heather, without any trees ; but some of it has...
Side 204 - I fear I was not polite enough to suppress some natural signs of loathing ; for the girl, with the quick observation of her countrymen, instantly apologized for the cause of my disgust. " It is just for sake of keeping them clean, with your leave ;" said she. " there's so many soot drops fall through this house.
Side 75 - I now perceived that he thought it necessary to humour me as a lunatic. " For mercy's sake," I cried, " do not trifle with me. You may easily convince yourself that I am in perfect possession of my reason, — do so then, and let me be gone. This place is overpowering to my spirits.
Side 18 - Cecil stopped and sighed again. " And do you think your husband would scruple to trust you, Cecil?" said I. Her embarrassment instantly vanished, and she looked up steadily in my face, " No, no, lady !" said she, " I'll never think such a thought of him. He's no so ill hearted.
Side 285 - London, desired me to ride out with him, and show him the Parks of Culloden, without telling me the Reason of his Curiosity. Accordingly we set out, and when we were pretty near the Place, he asked me, — "Where are these Parks ? For," says he, " there is nothing near in View but Heath, and, at a Distance, Rocks and Mountains.
Side 23 - The harbingers of the bridegroom (or to use Cecil's phrase, the send), a party of gay young men and women arrived. Cecil, according to etiquette, met them at the door, welcomed and offered them refreshments ; then turned from them, as the prisoner from one who brings his death warrant, struggling to gather decent fortitude from despair.