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Page 589
... reason for making the disappointed swain sing an extempore song on the occasion as he runs , especially when we consider how little , breath he could have to spare . In the evening Roderick joins the muster , having with difficulty ...
... reason for making the disappointed swain sing an extempore song on the occasion as he runs , especially when we consider how little , breath he could have to spare . In the evening Roderick joins the muster , having with difficulty ...
Page 591
... reasons , but not feeling them suffi- cient , declares himself bound by promise to contend with that chieftain in mortal fight ; and exclaims , • For love - lorn swain in lady's bower , Ne'er panted for the appointed hour , As I until ...
... reasons , but not feeling them suffi- cient , declares himself bound by promise to contend with that chieftain in mortal fight ; and exclaims , • For love - lorn swain in lady's bower , Ne'er panted for the appointed hour , As I until ...
Page 596
... reason why this poor wretch was not suffered to whoop again for his life , -ex- cept that it would have been death to the whole story . It is somewhat strange , that Douglas was quietly suffered to con- tend for the prizes , after being ...
... reason why this poor wretch was not suffered to whoop again for his life , -ex- cept that it would have been death to the whole story . It is somewhat strange , that Douglas was quietly suffered to con- tend for the prizes , after being ...
Page 602
... reason minute descriptions of armour and dress and deportment can be censured in a poem , without passing the same sentence upon an exact attention to the truth of costume in historical paintings or dramatic performances . Neither is it ...
... reason minute descriptions of armour and dress and deportment can be censured in a poem , without passing the same sentence upon an exact attention to the truth of costume in historical paintings or dramatic performances . Neither is it ...
Page 608
... But , says Dr. Price , Perhaps it might have been observed with more reason , that this provision had in view 6 that particular weakness or delicacy in the constitution of males 608 Baily's Doctrine of Life Annuities . 44.
... But , says Dr. Price , Perhaps it might have been observed with more reason , that this provision had in view 6 that particular weakness or delicacy in the constitution of males 608 Baily's Doctrine of Life Annuities . 44.
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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.