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Side 60
... replied the lady , " I am but too well assured that the sons of Belial are menacing these nets and devices . Joshua , art thou a man of peace , and wilt thou willingly and wittingly thrust thyself , where thou may'st be tempted by the ...
... replied the lady , " I am but too well assured that the sons of Belial are menacing these nets and devices . Joshua , art thou a man of peace , and wilt thou willingly and wittingly thrust thyself , where thou may'st be tempted by the ...
Side 80
... replied ; " let it but be liquid and cool . " The woman gave me a large horn according- ly , filled with spirits and water , which , without minute inquiry concerning the nature of its con- tents , I drained at a draught . Either the ...
... replied ; " let it but be liquid and cool . " The woman gave me a large horn according- ly , filled with spirits and water , which , without minute inquiry concerning the nature of its con- tents , I drained at a draught . Either the ...
Side 86
... replied ; " the sentiment is na- tural ; but do not on your side complain that I , who am carrying on an important undertaking , use the only means in my power for ensuring it success . " I entreated to know what it was designed to do ...
... replied ; " the sentiment is na- tural ; but do not on your side complain that I , who am carrying on an important undertaking , use the only means in my power for ensuring it success . " I entreated to know what it was designed to do ...
Side 91
... replied , but it was a sort of laughter which I scarce desire to hear again . " Else you think I had let the waves do the work ? But remember , the shepherd saves his sheep from the torrent is it to preserve its life ? -Be silent ...
... replied , but it was a sort of laughter which I scarce desire to hear again . " Else you think I had let the waves do the work ? But remember , the shepherd saves his sheep from the torrent is it to preserve its life ? -Be silent ...
Side 93
... replied my keeper ; " but what use to give you liberty , who know nothing how to use it like a gentleman , but spend your time with Quakers and fiddlers , and such like raff ? If I was your - hem , hem , hem . " Here Cristal stopped ...
... replied my keeper ; " but what use to give you liberty , who know nothing how to use it like a gentleman , but spend your time with Quakers and fiddlers , and such like raff ? If I was your - hem , hem , hem . " Here Cristal stopped ...
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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.