Chronicles of the CanongateCarey, Lea & Carey, 1827 - 725 ページ |
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Walter Scott. back as about 1792 , when I found him on his usual task . He was then engaged in repairing the grave- stones of the Covenanters who had died while im- prisoned in the Castle of Dunnottar , to which many of them were ...
Walter Scott. back as about 1792 , when I found him on his usual task . He was then engaged in repairing the grave- stones of the Covenanters who had died while im- prisoned in the Castle of Dunnottar , to which many of them were ...
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... usual number of years during which young Lairds were in my time expected to keep term - got no fees - laughed , and made others laugh - drank cla- ret at Bayle's , Fortune's , and Walker's - and eat oysters in the Covenant Close ...
... usual number of years during which young Lairds were in my time expected to keep term - got no fees - laughed , and made others laugh - drank cla- ret at Bayle's , Fortune's , and Walker's - and eat oysters in the Covenant Close ...
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... usual means to preserve , was fast performing the work of decay . The story was a common one , and told in a few words . Mr. Treddles , senior , who bought the es- tate , was a cautious money - making person ; his son , still embarked ...
... usual means to preserve , was fast performing the work of decay . The story was a common one , and told in a few words . Mr. Treddles , senior , who bought the es- tate , was a cautious money - making person ; his son , still embarked ...
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... usual protracted tautology respecting time , place , and circumstances , which is apt to settle like a mist upon the cold and languid tales of age , and at the same time of bringing forward , dwelling upon , and illustrating , those ...
... usual protracted tautology respecting time , place , and circumstances , which is apt to settle like a mist upon the cold and languid tales of age , and at the same time of bringing forward , dwelling upon , and illustrating , those ...
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... usual accent of the ordinary Scotch patois , as the accent of Saint James's is from that of Billingsgate . The vow- els were not pronounced much broader than in the Italian language , and there was none of the disa- greeable drawl which ...
... usual accent of the ordinary Scotch patois , as the accent of Saint James's is from that of Billingsgate . The vow- els were not pronounced much broader than in the Italian language , and there was none of the disa- greeable drawl which ...
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87 ページ - LANG hae thought, my youthfu' friend, A something to have sent you, Tho' it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps, it may turn out a sang, Perhaps, turn out a sermon.
22 ページ - The power of art without the show. In misery's darkest caverns known, His useful care was ever nigh, Where hopeless anguish pour'd his groan, And lonely want retir'd to die.
49 ページ - What's property ? dear Swift ! you see it alter From you to me, from me to Peter Walter; Or, in a mortgage, prove a lawyer's share; Or, in a jointure, vanish from the heir...