The Monastery: A Romance, Volume 1Clayton & Kingsland, 1820 |
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... neighbour- hood . The residence of these church vassals was usually in a small village or hamlet , where , for the sake of mutual aid and protection , some thirty or forty fa- milies dwelt together . This was called the Town , and the ...
... neighbour- hood . The residence of these church vassals was usually in a small village or hamlet , where , for the sake of mutual aid and protection , some thirty or forty fa- milies dwelt together . This was called the Town , and the ...
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... neighbours . Yet the families themselves exhibited in their appearance a degree of comfort , information , and independence , which could hardly have been expected . Their in - field supplied them with bread and home - brewed ale ...
... neighbours . Yet the families themselves exhibited in their appearance a degree of comfort , information , and independence , which could hardly have been expected . Their in - field supplied them with bread and home - brewed ale ...
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... neighbours the character of shrewd intelligent men , who claimed respect on account of their compara- tive wealth , even while they were despised for a less warlike and enterprising turn than the other Bor- derers . They lived as much ...
... neighbours the character of shrewd intelligent men , who claimed respect on account of their compara- tive wealth , even while they were despised for a less warlike and enterprising turn than the other Bor- derers . They lived as much ...
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... neighbours were more cautious in speaking about this place , and avoided giving it a name , from an idea common then through all the British and Cel- tic provinces of Scotland , and still retained in many places , that to speak either ...
... neighbours were more cautious in speaking about this place , and avoided giving it a name , from an idea common then through all the British and Cel- tic provinces of Scotland , and still retained in many places , that to speak either ...
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... neighbours , and they- they " " For the love of God , goodman , " said his wife in a remonstrating tone , " haud your peace ! Think what ye're saying , and we hae sae muckle wild land to go over before we win to the girth gate . " The ...
... neighbours , and they- they " " For the love of God , goodman , " said his wife in a remonstrating tone , " haud your peace ! Think what ye're saying , and we hae sae muckle wild land to go over before we win to the girth gate . " The ...
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Abbey Abbot Boniface answered art thou auld baron Benedictine better betwixt blessed brethren brother called Captain Clutterbuck Christie church Clint-hill companion cut-work Dame Elspeth Dame Glendinning Edward Elspeth Glendinning Euphuism eyes Father Eustace Father Philip fear feuars give glen guest Halbert Glendinning Halidome hand hath head heart Heaven holy father honour horse Jedediah Cleishbotham Kennaquhair Lady of Avenel lance land leddy looked Lord Abbot mair Martin Mary Avenel means Miller Monastery Monk moss-troopers mother mule Mysie neighbour never person poor pray priest Primate Refectioner replied reverence reverend Sacristan Saint Giles Saint Mary's Scotland seemed Shagram Sir Knight Sir Piercie Shafton Southrons speak spirit stranger Sub-Prior sword tell thee ther thine thing thirlage thou thought Tibb tion Tower of Glendearg vassals venison weel White Lady widow wild woman words young
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Page 178 - Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries! Happiest they of human race, To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
Page 40 - This potent commander of the elements — this abridger of time and space — this magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change on the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt — was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers and calculator of numbers, as adapted to practical purposes, — was not only one of the most generally wellinformed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings.
Page 39 - Amidst this company stood Mr Watt, the man whose genius discovered the means of multiplying our national resources to a degree perhaps even beyond his own stupendous powers of calculation and combination ; bringing the treasures of the abyss to the summit of the earth — giving the feeble arm of man the momentum of an Afrite — commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water in the desert, affording the means of dispensing with that time and tide which wait for no man,...
Page 208 - Euphues and his England, was in the very zenith of his absurdity and reputation. The quaint, forced, and unnatural style which he introduced by his
Page 50 - King some chance of insuring protection and security to the cultivators of the soil; and, in fact, for several ages, the possessions of these Abbeys were each a sort of Goshen, enjoying the calm light of peace and immunity, while the rest of the country, occupied by wild clans and marauding barons, was one dark scene of confusion, blood, and unremitted outrage.
Page 40 - ... but one of the best and kindest of human beings. " There he stood, surrounded by the little band...