Chronicles of the Canongate. First series: The Highland widow. The two drovers. The surgeon's daughter, &cSanborn, Carter and Bazin, 1855 |
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... sure that it was perfectly un- necessary for him to enter into any vindication of the dramatic art , which they had come here to support . This , however , he considered to be the proper time and proper occasion for him to say a few ...
... sure that it was perfectly un- necessary for him to enter into any vindication of the dramatic art , which they had come here to support . This , however , he considered to be the proper time and proper occasion for him to say a few ...
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... sure the purpose of this meeting would furnish some apology for an error , if there be any , in the opinions of those who attend . They would approve the gift , although they might differ in other points . Such might not approve of ...
... sure the purpose of this meeting would furnish some apology for an error , if there be any , in the opinions of those who attend . They would approve the gift , although they might differ in other points . Such might not approve of ...
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... sure that every impartial jury would bring in a verdict of Not Proven . He did not now think it necessary to enter into the reasons of his long silence . Perhaps caprice might have a considerable share in it . He had now to say ...
... sure that every impartial jury would bring in a verdict of Not Proven . He did not now think it necessary to enter into the reasons of his long silence . Perhaps caprice might have a considerable share in it . He had now to say ...
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... sure , that when the author of Waverley and Rob Roy drinks to Nicol Jarvie , it would be received with that degree of applause to which that gentleman has always been accustomed , and that they would take care that on the present ...
... sure , that when the author of Waverley and Rob Roy drinks to Nicol Jarvie , it would be received with that degree of applause to which that gentleman has always been accustomed , and that they would take care that on the present ...
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... sure that the stage had in all ages a great effect on the morals and manners of the people . It was very de- sirable that the stage should be well regulated ; and there was no criterion by which its regulation could be better determined ...
... sure that the stage had in all ages a great effect on the morals and manners of the people . It was very de- sirable that the stage should be well regulated ; and there was no criterion by which its regulation could be better determined ...
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xxxvi ページ - ... keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the hope " — we have presumed to court the assistance of the friends of the drama to strengthen our infant institution. Our appeal has been successful beyond our most sanguine expectations. The distinguished patronage conferred on us by your presence on this occasion, and the substantial support which your benevolence has so liberally afforded to our institution, must impress every member of the...
172 ページ - ... her humour. In the meantime she traced around him, with wavering steps, the propitiation, which some have thought has been derived from the Druidical mythology. It consists, as is well known, in the person who makes the deasil walking three times round the person who is the object of the ceremony, taking care to move according to the course of the sun. At once, however, she stopped short, and exclaimed, in a voice of alarm and horror, "Grandson of my father, there is blood on your hand.
203 ページ - A young lady' of quality, who was present, very handsomely said, " Might not the son have justified the fault ?" My friend was much flattered by this compliment, which he never forgot. When in more than ordinary spirits, and talking of his journey in Scotland, he has called to me, " Boswell, what was it that the young lady of quality said of me at Sir Alexander Dick's ?" Nobody will doubt that I was happy in repeating it.
44 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...
xxxiii ページ - Good my lord, will you see the players well bestowed ? Do you hear, let them be well used, for they are the abstract and brief chronicles of the time : after your death you were better have a bad epitaph than their ill report while you live.
xxxvi ページ - The sixth age shifts into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, with spectacles on nose and pouch on side; his youthful hose, well sav'd, a world too wide for his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, turning again towards childish treble, pipes and whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, that ends this strange eventful history, is second childishness and mere oblivion; sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
18 ページ - 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.
203 ページ - Eglintoune's complimentary adoption of Dr. Johnson as her son ; for I unfortunately stated that her ladyship adopted him as her son, in consequence of her having been married the year after he was born. Dr. Johnson instantly corrected me. " Sir, don't you perceive that you are defaming the countess...