Paul Jones : a Romance, Bind 1Oliver & Boyd, 1826 - 1123 sider |
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... light before you . It is fertile , well - wooded and well - watered , the green hills hem it in , and with their crowning woods enclose it as with a garland . Yon smoke ascends from a fair and populous city , -the sun is slanting its ...
... light before you . It is fertile , well - wooded and well - watered , the green hills hem it in , and with their crowning woods enclose it as with a garland . Yon smoke ascends from a fair and populous city , -the sun is slanting its ...
Side 4
... light , that it was unable to fly by day . Let me dip my pen only in the honest and steadfast colours of truth . Could I present a picture of my native shore with the poetic skill and glowing fidelity of Turner , -the portraits of its ...
... light , that it was unable to fly by day . Let me dip my pen only in the honest and steadfast colours of truth . Could I present a picture of my native shore with the poetic skill and glowing fidelity of Turner , -the portraits of its ...
Side 6
... light along the swelling surface of the sea , while cliff , and tree , and hill , and tower , were honoured by a fuller and a broader beam . The tide had nearly reached its height , and was still moving onwards , not with a gradual and ...
... light along the swelling surface of the sea , while cliff , and tree , and hill , and tower , were honoured by a fuller and a broader beam . The tide had nearly reached its height , and was still moving onwards , not with a gradual and ...
Side 8
... light that boded no peaceable termination to the meeting . The person of his opponent may be dismissed with a more brief description . He was above ra- ther than below the middle size , firmly and ele- gantly built , compact , and ...
... light that boded no peaceable termination to the meeting . The person of his opponent may be dismissed with a more brief description . He was above ra- ther than below the middle size , firmly and ele- gantly built , compact , and ...
Side 17
... light . - Now go like a pretty maiden , and bring me some , and I will watch for your lover till you return . Go - and I will give ye a dozen of Solway pearls to hang round your neck ; I fished them up in Siddick - pow , and clear they ...
... light . - Now go like a pretty maiden , and bring me some , and I will watch for your lover till you return . Go - and I will give ye a dozen of Solway pearls to hang round your neck ; I fished them up in Siddick - pow , and clear they ...
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Andrew Paton answered auld beauty blessed blood boat bonnie bosom brow Caerlaverock Cameronian Captain castle cavern Corbie Criffel dame dark daugh daughter deep dropt Dumfries evil eyes face fair folly frae Galwegian gazed glance Grace grave gude Halliday hand head heard heart heaven honour horse John Cargill John Paul Joysan Justice kirk kythed Lady Emeline Lady Phemie land lass light lips look Lord Dalveen Lord Thomas Macgubb Macmittimus maiden mair Maud Paul maun mirth moon mother neck never noble pistol Prudence quean Rodan sails Saint Bees Scotland seat ship shore Siddick side sister smile Solway sorrow spirit spoke stept stood sweet sword tell thee there's thine thing thou thought tide veen voice weel wild wind wise wish words yere young lord young nobleman
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Side 103 - She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay.
Side 349 - Adieu, adieu ! my native shore Fades o'er the waters blue ; The night-winds sigh, the breakers roar, And shrieks the wild sea-mew. Yon sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight ; Farewell awhile to him and thee, My native land — Good night...
Side 150 - Dont waste your time at family funerals grieving for your relatives: attend to life, not to death: there are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it, and better.
Side 1 - Degrees and orders given us ? In you men, 'Tis held a coolness if you lose your right, Affronts and loss of honour. Streets, and walls, And upper ends of tables...
Side 156 - If blest with pliant, tho' but slender, sense, Feign'd modesty, and real impudence : A supple knee, smooth tongue, an easy grace, A curse within, a smile upon his face ; A beauteous sister, or convenient wife, Are prizes in the lottery of life ; Genius and virtue they will soon defeat, And lodge you in the bosom of the great. To merit, is but to provide a pain For men's refusing what you ought to gain.
Side 197 - What though the laddie kist me, When I was at the mill! A kiss is but a touch; And a touch can do nae ill.
Side 3 - ... hovered, — history owes it some of its happiest hours, and song some of its best inspirations.
Side 3 - ... the narrow valley, — where some six or seven trees, bald with age, and bearing...
Side 306 - Cameronian had placed between them, confronted him at some six paces distance. They looked at each other — they raised their right hands at once, and the double flash and knell made the horses rear and the riders start. Down sprang Cargill with all the alacrity of youth, and threw himself in between them. They both stood— their pistols reeking...