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Page 578
... mind , was peculiarly suited to the popular taste . The congeniality , indeed , is no topic of gratulation , as it implies a decided predominance of the animal over the rational nature : and in spite of the skill with which Mr. Scott ...
... mind , was peculiarly suited to the popular taste . The congeniality , indeed , is no topic of gratulation , as it implies a decided predominance of the animal over the rational nature : and in spite of the skill with which Mr. Scott ...
Page 580
... mind . The stag at eve had drank his fill , Where danc'd the moon on Monan's rill , And deep his midnight lair had made In lone Glenartney's hazel shade ; But , when the sun his beacon red Had kindled on Benvoirlich's head , The deep ...
... mind . The stag at eve had drank his fill , Where danc'd the moon on Monan's rill , And deep his midnight lair had made In lone Glenartney's hazel shade ; But , when the sun his beacon red Had kindled on Benvoirlich's head , The deep ...
Page 586
... origin was myste- rious : his mother died in bringing him forth , and his father , according to general belief , was a demon or spectre . The effect which such a tale would have on his mind $ 86 Scott's Lady of the Lake .
... origin was myste- rious : his mother died in bringing him forth , and his father , according to general belief , was a demon or spectre . The effect which such a tale would have on his mind $ 86 Scott's Lady of the Lake .
Page 587
... mind Still bound him to the mortal kind ; The only parent he could claim Of ancient Alpine's lineage came . Late had he heard , in prophet's dream , The fatal Ben - Shie's boding scream ; Sounds too had come in midnight blast Of ...
... mind Still bound him to the mortal kind ; The only parent he could claim Of ancient Alpine's lineage came . Late had he heard , in prophet's dream , The fatal Ben - Shie's boding scream ; Sounds too had come in midnight blast Of ...
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... mind of Romney . On his return from York to Kendal , after an absence of several months , he had not only a dutiful wife , but an infant boy , to attach him to a domestic esta blishment ; but the imagination of Romney , though tender ...
... mind of Romney . On his return from York to Kendal , after an absence of several months , he had not only a dutiful wife , but an infant boy , to attach him to a domestic esta blishment ; but the imagination of Romney , though tender ...
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Page 581 - With head up-raised, and look intent, And eye and ear attentive bent, And locks flung back, and lips apart, Like monument of Grecian art, In listening mood, she seemed to stand The guardian Naiad of the strand.
Page 593 - Then gleamed aloft his dagger bright! — — But hate and fury ill supplied The stream of life's exhausted tide, And all too late the advantage came, To turn the odds of deadly game; For, while the dagger gleamed on high, Reeled soul and sense, reeled brain and eye.
Page 592 - But fear not — doubt not — which thou wilt— We try this quarrel hilt to hilt." — Then each at once his falchion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each...
Page 914 - For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
Page 591 - Like the loose crags, whose threatening mass Lay tottering o'er the hollow pass, As if an infant's touch' could urge Their headlong passage down the verge, With step and weapon forward flung, Upon the mountain-side they hung. The mountaineer cast glance of pride Along Benledi's living side, Then fixed his eye and sable brow Full on Fitz-James — " How sayst thou now ? These are Clan-Alpine's warriors true ; And, Saxon, I am Roderick Dhu...
Page 593 - Fitz-James's throat he sprung ; Received, but recked not of a wound, And locked his arms his foeman round. Now, gallant Saxon, hold thine own ! No maiden's hand is round thee thrown ! That desperate grasp thy frame might feel Through bars of brass and triple steel ! They tug, they strain ! down, down they go, The Gael above, Fitz-James below.
Page 933 - AMONG the deepest shades of night, Can there be one who sees my way ? Yes ; God is like a shining light, That turns the darkness into day. When every eye around me sleeps, May I not sin without control ? No ; for a constant watch he keeps On every thought of every soul.
Page 582 - E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread : What though upon her speech there hung The accents of the mountain tongue, Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The listener held his breath to hear.
Page 580 - The antler'd monarch of the waste Sprung from his heathery couch in haste. But, ere his fleet career he took, The dew-drops from his flanks he shook ; like crested leader proud and high...
Page 733 - The Church, like the Ark of Noah, is worth saving: not for the sake of the unclean beasts that almost filled it, and probably made most noise and clamour in it, but for the little corner of rationality, that was as much distressed by the stink within, as by the tempest without.