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... gave rise to the preceding correspondence , and in which Mr Fairford secretly rejoiced , as affording the means of separating Alan from his gay compa- nion , at least until he should have assumed , and become accustomed to , the duties ...
... gave rise to the preceding correspondence , and in which Mr Fairford secretly rejoiced , as affording the means of separating Alan from his gay compa- nion , at least until he should have assumed , and become accustomed to , the duties ...
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... gave way , and as it threatened to carry his presence of mind and recollection along with it , Alan frank- ly told his father , that unless he was relieved from the infliction of his client's personal presence and instructions , he must ...
... gave way , and as it threatened to carry his presence of mind and recollection along with it , Alan frank- ly told his father , that unless he was relieved from the infliction of his client's personal presence and instructions , he must ...
Side 48
... gave rise to various speculations . The client himself opined , that it was entirely owing , first , to his own absence during the first day's pleading , being , as he said , deboshed with brandy , usquebaugh , and other strong waters ...
... gave rise to various speculations . The client himself opined , that it was entirely owing , first , to his own absence during the first day's pleading , being , as he said , deboshed with brandy , usquebaugh , and other strong waters ...
Side 59
... gave tenfold lustre . As we gazed on this splendid scene , Miss Geddes , I think , was the first to point out to our admiration a shoot- ing or falling star , which , she said , drew a long train after it . Looking to the part of the ...
... gave tenfold lustre . As we gazed on this splendid scene , Miss Geddes , I think , was the first to point out to our admiration a shoot- ing or falling star , which , she said , drew a long train after it . Looking to the part of the ...
Side 63
... gave our horses to the servant , to be carried back to Mount Sharon ; my companion expressing himself humanely anxious for their safety - and knocked at the door of the house . At first we only heard a barking of JOURNAL . CHAP . III . 63.
... gave our horses to the servant , to be carried back to Mount Sharon ; my companion expressing himself humanely anxious for their safety - and knocked at the door of the house . At first we only heard a barking of JOURNAL . CHAP . III . 63.
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Side 322 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Side 201 - MY heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here : My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer ; Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go. Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, The birth-place of valour, the country of worth ; Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.
Side 201 - Cock up your beaver, and cock it fu' sprush ; We'll over the border and give them a brush ; There's somebody there we'll teach better behaviour, Hey, Johnnie lad, cock np your beaver.
Side 3 - ... practised by various great authors, and by ourselves in the preceding chapters. Nevertheless, a genuine correspondence of this kind (and Heaven forbid it should be in any respect sophisticated by interpolations of our own !) can seldom be found to contain all in which it is necessary to instruct the reader for his full comprehension of the story.
Side 201 - ... HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. MY heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here ; My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer ; Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go.
Side 238 - Charlie,' upon the tenth of June. He is a black sheep, and deserves no encouragement." " Not a bad tune though, after all," said Summertrees ; and, turning to the window, he half hummed, half whistled, the air in question, then sang the last verse aloud: Oh I...
Side 85 - I answered, with an energy of which despair alone could have rendered me capable — " I will never submit to loss of freedom a moment longer than I am subjected to it by force.
Side 238 - I swear and vow by moon and stars, And sun that shines so early, If I had twenty thousand lives, I'd die as aft for Charlie.