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... , desiring him to tell his sovereign what he had heard and seen , and to give him that fruit , the taste of which would enable him to judge of the bitter fate that awaited him . ANECDOTE OF SULTAN SELIM III . Two adventurers of the 5.
... , desiring him to tell his sovereign what he had heard and seen , and to give him that fruit , the taste of which would enable him to judge of the bitter fate that awaited him . ANECDOTE OF SULTAN SELIM III . Two adventurers of the 5.
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... heard to descend and murmur in the bottom of his throat , like the rivulet which loses itself among the pebbles ; then again they rise and swell by degrees , till they fill the air , and remain as if suspended in it : he was ...
... heard to descend and murmur in the bottom of his throat , like the rivulet which loses itself among the pebbles ; then again they rise and swell by degrees , till they fill the air , and remain as if suspended in it : he was ...
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... heard , and , in an hour after- wards , the vessel struck on the rocks ; but the crew succeeded in getting safely on shore . The place , by the captain's ac- count , was about 400 miles to the northward of Senegal , and its name , as ...
... heard , and , in an hour after- wards , the vessel struck on the rocks ; but the crew succeeded in getting safely on shore . The place , by the captain's ac- count , was about 400 miles to the northward of Senegal , and its name , as ...
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... heard the helpless prisoner accused of a horrid murder , committed some years since , attended by circumstances of pecu- liar cruelty , on suspicion of which he had endured the second de- > gree of torture , and that his obstinacy had ...
... heard the helpless prisoner accused of a horrid murder , committed some years since , attended by circumstances of pecu- liar cruelty , on suspicion of which he had endured the second de- > gree of torture , and that his obstinacy had ...
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... heard no mention here of the Joliba , though he recollects to have heard it afterwards at Wednoon ; but a large river flows close by Tombuctoo , which is called by the Negroes La Mar Zarrah , the course of which is from the north ...
... heard no mention here of the Joliba , though he recollects to have heard it afterwards at Wednoon ; but a large river flows close by Tombuctoo , which is called by the Negroes La Mar Zarrah , the course of which is from the north ...
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Page 146 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 146 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in beauty's circle proudly gay ; The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently stern array ! The thunder-clouds close o'er it, which when rent The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover, heaped and pent, Rider and horse — friend, foe, — in one red burial blent...
Page 146 - Cameron's gathering" rose ! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard too have her Saxon foes: — How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill ! But with the breath which fills Their...
Page 146 - Brunswick's fated chieftain; he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear; And when they smiled because he deem'd it near His heart more truly knew that peal too well Which stretch'd his father on a bloody bier, And roused the vengeance blood alone could quell : He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting, fell.
Page 146 - Cameron's gathering' rose! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes: How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their mountain-pipe, so fill the mountaineers With the fierce native daring which instils The stirring memory of a thousand years, And Evan's, Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears!
Page 146 - Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness. And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated : who could guess If ever more should meet those mutual eyes, Since upon night so sweet such awful morn could rise!
Page 146 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While thronged the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips - 'The foe! they come! they come!
Page 235 - His bow'd head on his hands, and shook as 'twere With a convulsion— then arose again, And with his teeth and quivering hands did tear What he had written, but he shed no tears. And he did calm himself, and fix his brow Into a kind of quiet: as he paused, The Lady of his love re-enter'd there; She was serene and smiling then, and yet She knew she was by him beloved...
Page 145 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance; let joy be unconfined ! No sleep till morn, when youth and pleasure meet To chase the glowing hours with flying feet...
Page 147 - But when I stood beneath the fresh green tree, Which living waves where thou didst cease to live, And saw around me the wide field revive With fruits and fertile promise, and the Spring Come forth her work of gladness to contrive, With all her reckless birds upon the wing, I turn'd from all she brought to those she could not bring.