The Lay of the Last Minstrel: With a Memoir of the AuthorLittle, Brown and Company, 1863 - 300 pages |
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... heard enough of Border lore ; among others , an aged gentle- man of property , ' near Langholm , communicated to her ladyship the story of Gilpin Horner , a tradition in which the narrator , and many more of that country , were firm ...
... heard enough of Border lore ; among others , an aged gentle- man of property , ' near Langholm , communicated to her ladyship the story of Gilpin Horner , a tradition in which the narrator , and many more of that country , were firm ...
Page 47
... heard the slogan's deadly yell- Then the Chief of Branksome fell . VIII . Can piety the discord heal , Or stanch the death - feud's enmity ? Can Christian lore , can patriot zeal , Can love of blessed charity ? No ! vainly to each holy ...
... heard the slogan's deadly yell- Then the Chief of Branksome fell . VIII . Can piety the discord heal , Or stanch the death - feud's enmity ? Can Christian lore , can patriot zeal , Can love of blessed charity ? No ! vainly to each holy ...
Page 48
... heard that his father lay there buried , and offered a hundred crowns to any who could show him his grave . A very old man appeared be- fore Sir Walter , and informed him of the manner of his father's death , and the place of his ...
... heard that his father lay there buried , and offered a hundred crowns to any who could show him his grave . A very old man appeared be- fore Sir Walter , and informed him of the manner of his father's death , and the place of his ...
Page 68
... heard to rave , And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave , Then go - but go alone the while- Then view St. David's ruin'd pile ; 2 And , home returning , soothly swear , Was never scene so sad and fair ! II . Short halt did ...
... heard to rave , And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave , Then go - but go alone the while- Then view St. David's ruin'd pile ; 2 And , home returning , soothly swear , Was never scene so sad and fair ! II . Short halt did ...
Page 80
... heard strange noises on the blast ; And through the cloister - galleries small , 1 William of Deloraine might be strengthened in this be- lief by the well - known story of the Cid Ruy Diaz . When the body of that famous Christian ...
... heard strange noises on the blast ; And through the cloister - galleries small , 1 William of Deloraine might be strengthened in this be- lief by the well - known story of the Cid Ruy Diaz . When the body of that famous Christian ...
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