Paul Jones : a Romance, Bind 1Oliver & Boyd, 1826 - 1123 sider |
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Side 23
... seemed so no longer . The passion which possest young Dal- veen animated and inspired him , and a demon's power appeared to be added to his vigour , agility , and knowledge . His science grew more active , more subtle , and more ...
... seemed so no longer . The passion which possest young Dal- veen animated and inspired him , and a demon's power appeared to be added to his vigour , agility , and knowledge . His science grew more active , more subtle , and more ...
Side 24
... seemed now only anxious to disarm his opponent . This seemed to be no easy task . Paul made a sure and a skilful defence , and disappointed every attempt to master his weapon , with such good science and good fortune as excited the ...
... seemed now only anxious to disarm his opponent . This seemed to be no easy task . Paul made a sure and a skilful defence , and disappointed every attempt to master his weapon , with such good science and good fortune as excited the ...
Side 26
... seemed a breathing image of supreme dominion , which dis- dained communion with aught below the mark of demi - gods . To a livelier and younger spirit the absence of Lord Dalveen and Paul gave pain amounting to agony . The Lady Phemie ...
... seemed a breathing image of supreme dominion , which dis- dained communion with aught below the mark of demi - gods . To a livelier and younger spirit the absence of Lord Dalveen and Paul gave pain amounting to agony . The Lady Phemie ...
Side 30
... seemed to be in quest of joy . He shed back the boughs of the trees from his cousin's face , -chanted a verse of an old border song , -varied it with a fragment of an ancient Galwegian ditty ; and , had not his courage been 30 PAUL JONES .
... seemed to be in quest of joy . He shed back the boughs of the trees from his cousin's face , -chanted a verse of an old border song , -varied it with a fragment of an ancient Galwegian ditty ; and , had not his courage been 30 PAUL JONES .
Side 36
... seemed to be proof against the ingenuity and the arms of man . Yet it had often felt the sorrows of a siege , and tasted of the calamities of war . The powerful family of Max- well stormed it during the minority of one of its lords ...
... seemed to be proof against the ingenuity and the arms of man . Yet it had often felt the sorrows of a siege , and tasted of the calamities of war . The powerful family of Max- well stormed it during the minority of one of its lords ...
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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...