Titan, Volume 23James Hogg, 1856 |
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... sent out to the select circle of acquaintances in the village , and to the scattered far- apart ' country families ' with whom hither- to , Mr Hesketh had held but little inter- course . The day after the garden discus- sion they drove ...
... sent out to the select circle of acquaintances in the village , and to the scattered far- apart ' country families ' with whom hither- to , Mr Hesketh had held but little inter- course . The day after the garden discus- sion they drove ...
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... sent , tangible , and recognisable , such as seldom comes within the experience of human beings after they have passed the rubicon of childhood . How is it that the instinctive comment on such a state of beatification is always ...
... sent , tangible , and recognisable , such as seldom comes within the experience of human beings after they have passed the rubicon of childhood . How is it that the instinctive comment on such a state of beatification is always ...
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... sent for , of course identified the property . 6 The prisoners , for such they now were Macdaniel having even taken it upon him to tie their hands - were immediately searched , and among the articles found upon them was the piece of ...
... sent for , of course identified the property . 6 The prisoners , for such they now were Macdaniel having even taken it upon him to tie their hands - were immediately searched , and among the articles found upon them was the piece of ...
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... sent him something for his trouble ; adding , that the best thing they could now do was to go home . They accordingly set out as if on their return . Presently Mary Jones was met by them , walking alone , ' upon which he , the informant ...
... sent him something for his trouble ; adding , that the best thing they could now do was to go home . They accordingly set out as if on their return . Presently Mary Jones was met by them , walking alone , ' upon which he , the informant ...
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... sent his wife to me with complaints about the bad times , and the impossibility of selling any longer for any- thing but cash . She was indeed very polite , and could not find words to express her love and re- spect for us . She advised ...
... sent his wife to me with complaints about the bad times , and the impossibility of selling any longer for any- thing but cash . She was indeed very polite , and could not find words to express her love and re- spect for us . She advised ...
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Page 72 - There has not been a lawsuit in the parish since he has lived among them ; if any dispute arises, they apply themselves to him for the decision ; if they do not acquiesce in his judgment, which I think never happened above once or twice at most, they appeal to me. At his first settling with me, I made him a present of all the good sermons which have been printed in English, and only begged of him, that every Sunday he would pronounce one of them in the pulpit. Accordingly, he has digested them into...
Page 193 - Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
Page 306 - The turtle to her mate hath told her tale. Summer is come, for every spray now springs: The hart hath hung his old head on the pale; The buck in brake his winter coat he flings ; The fishes flete with new repaired scale.
Page 285 - Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair; Listen for dear honour's sake, Goddess of the silver lake, Listen and save! Listen, and appear to us, In name of great Oceanus. By the earthshaking Neptune's mace, And Tethys...
Page 466 - For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.
Page 193 - No more? A monster then, a dream, A discord. Dragons of the prime, That tare each other in their slime. Were mellow music match'd with him. O life as futile, then, as frail! O for thy voice to soothe and bless ! What hope of answer, or redress ? Behind the veil, behind the veil.
Page 284 - We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key ; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate. So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted ; But yet a union in partition, Two lovely berries moulded on one stem ; So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart...
Page 192 - With solemn touches troubled thoughts, and chase Anguish, and doubt, and fear, and sorrow, and pain From mortal or immortal minds.
Page 283 - A blank, my lord : She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i...
Page 52 - Oh, thou art fairer than the evening air Clad in, the beauty of a thousand stars...