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... less mischief to the text of an old ballad among the vulgar , than one short hour will effect if in the possession of some sprightly and accomplished editor of the present day , who may choose to impose on himself the thankless and ...
... less mischief to the text of an old ballad among the vulgar , than one short hour will effect if in the possession of some sprightly and accomplished editor of the present day , who may choose to impose on himself the thankless and ...
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... less liable to censure than another method also resorted to , is nevertheless highly objectionable , as effectually marring the venerable simplicity of early song , destroying in a great measure its cha- racteristic peculiarities , and ...
... less liable to censure than another method also resorted to , is nevertheless highly objectionable , as effectually marring the venerable simplicity of early song , destroying in a great measure its cha- racteristic peculiarities , and ...
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... less a sum than £ 50 sterling ! for 32 of the lines of sheer nonsense with which a great part of the said " modest little volume " is filled . Verily , Mr Buchan , as your friend Motherwell says , an honest opinion is worth hearing in ...
... less a sum than £ 50 sterling ! for 32 of the lines of sheer nonsense with which a great part of the said " modest little volume " is filled . Verily , Mr Buchan , as your friend Motherwell says , an honest opinion is worth hearing in ...
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... less than two hundred and fifteen , though the population is somewhat under fifty thousand ! We thought we did pretty well in visiting three out of this grand army . Two of these were for the in- struction of boys , and one for girls ...
... less than two hundred and fifteen , though the population is somewhat under fifty thousand ! We thought we did pretty well in visiting three out of this grand army . Two of these were for the in- struction of boys , and one for girls ...
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... less valuable . I have never distinctly understood what there is in the Vatican of Scots MSS . Andrew Stuart , some years ago , ransacked it , and has published , in his Genealogical History of the Stewarts , some curious matters of the ...
... less valuable . I have never distinctly understood what there is in the Vatican of Scots MSS . Andrew Stuart , some years ago , ransacked it , and has published , in his Genealogical History of the Stewarts , some curious matters of the ...
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Page 241 - As defence, however, is of much more importance than opulence, the act of navigation is, perhaps, the wisest of all the commercial regulations of England.
Page 463 - ... dwindled into a paltry exciseman, and slunk out the rest of his insignificant existence in the meanest of pursuits, and among the vilest of mankind.
Page 50 - V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Page 49 - Hail Mary, full of grace, The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb. Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God. Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Page 160 - And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
Page 95 - For talents mourn, untimely lost, When best employed and wanted most; Mourn genius high, and lore profound, And wit that loved to play, not wound ; And all the reasoning powers divine, To penetrate, resolve, combine ; And feelings keen, and fancy's glow, They sleep with him who sleeps below...
Page 490 - Essays on the Lives and Writings of Fletcher of Saltoun and the Poet Thomson: Biographical, critical, and political. With some Pieces of Thomson's never before published.
Page 50 - Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning, and weeping in this valley of tears.
Page 419 - I had but a moment to think how I might gratify them, and at the same time do your ladyship the least injury. I charged the officers to permit none of the seamen to enter the house, or to hurt anything about it; to treat you, madam, with the utmost respect; to accept of the plate which was offered, and to come away without making a search or demanding anything else. I am induced to believe that I was punctually obeyed, since I am informed that the plate which they brought away is far short...