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... thee , The wight , the witty , friendly , frank , and free ; And ancient Lyddal , thou whose lineage long Has cherish'd northern oral lore and song ; And all the names in olden tale renown'd , Sung in romance on fancy's charmed ground ...
... thee , The wight , the witty , friendly , frank , and free ; And ancient Lyddal , thou whose lineage long Has cherish'd northern oral lore and song ; And all the names in olden tale renown'd , Sung in romance on fancy's charmed ground ...
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... thee my tale ; my chiefest of all tales , " answered Willie ; " my sooth man I'm nae sic simpleton ; ye would tell't for your ain , and win the warm cheer , and the cozie seat frae " C the laird , and leave me a cauld and supperless ...
... thee my tale ; my chiefest of all tales , " answered Willie ; " my sooth man I'm nae sic simpleton ; ye would tell't for your ain , and win the warm cheer , and the cozie seat frae " C the laird , and leave me a cauld and supperless ...
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... thee faint and fa ' ; Now bless the fire , the elfin fire , The longer it burns it blazes the higher . ” At the close of this unusual strain the figure sat down on the grass , and proceeded to bind up her long and disordered tresses ...
... thee faint and fa ' ; Now bless the fire , the elfin fire , The longer it burns it blazes the higher . ” At the close of this unusual strain the figure sat down on the grass , and proceeded to bind up her long and disordered tresses ...
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... thee , nor are we children at all . The children of Alice call Bartrum father . We are nothing ; less than nothing , and dreams . We are only what might have been , and must wait upon the tedious shores of Lethe millions of ages before ...
... thee , nor are we children at all . The children of Alice call Bartrum father . We are nothing ; less than nothing , and dreams . We are only what might have been , and must wait upon the tedious shores of Lethe millions of ages before ...
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... thee know , mis- sus , what that book do zay ? Dame . Noa ; I can't zay as I do . Farmer . More sheame vor thee , deame , more sheame vor thee , I zay . Then I'll tell ' ee . It do zay - Thou shalt commit no murder . Dame . Truly and ...
... thee know , mis- sus , what that book do zay ? Dame . Noa ; I can't zay as I do . Farmer . More sheame vor thee , deame , more sheame vor thee , I zay . Then I'll tell ' ee . It do zay - Thou shalt commit no murder . Dame . Truly and ...
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Page 419 - Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne! In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending...
Page 419 - Peace"— but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Page 418 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Page 419 - The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace! peace!
Page 419 - Peace, peace ! ' — but there is no peace : the war is actually begun ! — The next gale that sweeps from the north, will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms...
Page 90 - The seasons alter : hoary-headed frosts Fall in the fresh lap of the crimson rose : And on old Hyems' chin and icy crown, An odorous chaplet of sweet summer buds Is, as in mockery, set.
Page 171 - ... else ; I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure and number, even so perfectly, as God made the world ; or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea presently sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways (which I will not name for the honour I bear them) so without measure mis-ordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr.
Page 419 - We have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have supplicated, we have prostrated ourselves before the Throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the Ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted, our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult, our supplications have been disregarded, and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the Throne.
Page 304 - It is altogether a speculative scene of things, which has no reference whatever to the world that is.
Page 22 - ... about upon the fresh grass, with all the fine garden smells around me ; or basking in the orangery, till I could almost fancy myself ripening, too, along with the oranges and the limes in that grateful warmth ; or in watching the dace that darted to and fro in the fish-pond at the bottom of the garden, with here and there a great sulky pike hanging midway down the water in silent state, as if it mocked at their impertinent friskings.