St. Clyde, Volume 3Gale and Fenner, 1816 |
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... , but a sepa- ration was necessary , as the poor man had a large family . The peat fire on the middle of the floor , and a large VOL . II . D pot slung on an immensely long iron hook , gave ST . CLYDE . CHAPTER IV. ...
... , but a sepa- ration was necessary , as the poor man had a large family . The peat fire on the middle of the floor , and a large VOL . II . D pot slung on an immensely long iron hook , gave ST . CLYDE . CHAPTER IV. ...
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... fire burned clear , and the good woman and her daughter were preparing supper for the people who had been on the shore . She offered her visitors some brandy ; and Whiggans ' seizing a glass as if he had tasted nothing for a week , " To ...
... fire burned clear , and the good woman and her daughter were preparing supper for the people who had been on the shore . She offered her visitors some brandy ; and Whiggans ' seizing a glass as if he had tasted nothing for a week , " To ...
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... fire of a battery of cannon , and he knew what it was to shed his blood in defence of the colonies of Great Britain ; but here he was a pas- senger on board a vessel whose crew would not easily yield . Seeing the dilemma into which he ...
... fire of a battery of cannon , and he knew what it was to shed his blood in defence of the colonies of Great Britain ; but here he was a pas- senger on board a vessel whose crew would not easily yield . Seeing the dilemma into which he ...
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... fire on the cutter , until she ran alongside . The lugger now fell under the bows of the cutter , whose crew rushed in upon the smugglers . But though every one of these men was armed with a brace of pistols , a tomahawk , and a cutlass ...
... fire on the cutter , until she ran alongside . The lugger now fell under the bows of the cutter , whose crew rushed in upon the smugglers . But though every one of these men was armed with a brace of pistols , a tomahawk , and a cutlass ...
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... fire of small arms on the crew of the cutter ; but when the cutter's guns were brought to bear on that spot , the smugglers betook themselves to the mountains . St. Clyde was locked up in the ca- bin , and his surprise at seeing the ...
... fire of small arms on the crew of the cutter ; but when the cutter's guns were brought to bear on that spot , the smugglers betook themselves to the mountains . St. Clyde was locked up in the ca- bin , and his surprise at seeing the ...
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Page 82 - Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Page 118 - If by your art, my dearest father, you have Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them. The sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch, But that the sea, mounting to the welkin's cheek, Dashes the fire out.
Page 218 - Thus we may see, quoth he, how the world wags : ' Tis but an hour ago, since it was nine; And after one hour more, 'twill be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot, And thereby hangs a tale.
Page 67 - STRANGER ! if e'er thine ardent step hath traced The northern realms of ancient Caledon, Where the proud Queen of Wilderness hath placed By lake and cataract her lonely throne...
Page 80 - By foreign hands thy dying eyes were closed, By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed, By foreign hands thy humble grave adorned, By strangers honoured and by strangers mourned...
Page 35 - But — doubt not aught from mine array. Thou art my guest ; I pledged my word As far as Coilantogle Ford ; Nor would I call a clansman's brand For aid against one valiant hand, Though on our strife lay every vale Rent by the Saxon from the Gael. So move we on ; I only meant To show the reed on which you leant, Deeming this path you might pursue Without a pass from Roderick Dhu.
Page 11 - Merciful heaven! What, man! ne'er pull your hat upon your brows; Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Page 222 - This receptive faculty, for power it cannot be called, is neither voluntary nor constant. The appearances have no dependence upon choice ; they cannot be summoned, detained, or recalled. The impression is sudden, and the effect often painful.
Page 114 - Mourn, hapless Caledonia, mourn Thy banished peace, thy laurels torn! Thy sons, for valour long renowned, Lie slaughtered on their native ground; Thy hospitable roofs no more Invite the stranger to the door; In smoky ruins sunk they lie, The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar...