Peter's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Volumen1W. Blackwood, 1819 |
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... to re- ceive it from strangers ; but the most pre- cious of all tokens is that which proceeds from an old and dear friend . It is true , that in such case there may be , in general , no small suspicion of partiality , but this cannot be.
... to re- ceive it from strangers ; but the most pre- cious of all tokens is that which proceeds from an old and dear friend . It is true , that in such case there may be , in general , no small suspicion of partiality , but this cannot be.
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... true , however , as you have heard , that my pencil was in request while I was in Scotland , almost as much as my pen , and that I have now a very rich port- folio of the chief worthies I met with in that northern region . In this ...
... true , however , as you have heard , that my pencil was in request while I was in Scotland , almost as much as my pen , and that I have now a very rich port- folio of the chief worthies I met with in that northern region . In this ...
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... true differential quality of the Scottish peasants . I shall have abundant occasion to return to this hereafter . The gentlemen of this part of the country have assuredly by no means the same advan- tages over those of the south , which ...
... true differential quality of the Scottish peasants . I shall have abundant occasion to return to this hereafter . The gentlemen of this part of the country have assuredly by no means the same advan- tages over those of the south , which ...
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... true reviewing diet is certainly Champaigne , and devilled bis- cuit . Had there been any blue - stocking lady present , she would have been sadly shocked with the material cast of the conversation during din- ner - not a single word ...
... true reviewing diet is certainly Champaigne , and devilled bis- cuit . Had there been any blue - stocking lady present , she would have been sadly shocked with the material cast of the conversation during din- ner - not a single word ...
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... true religion and true patriotism , as united and inseparable ) , has sustained , is sustaining , and is likely to sus- tain injuries of a more dangerous character than its unassisted enemies alone could have any power of inflicting ...
... true religion and true patriotism , as united and inseparable ) , has sustained , is sustaining , and is likely to sus- tain injuries of a more dangerous character than its unassisted enemies alone could have any power of inflicting ...
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Página 179 - Urania, I shall need Thy guidance, or a greater Muse, if such Descend to earth or dwell in highest heaven ! For I must tread on shadowy ground, must sink Deep, and, aloft ascending, breathe in worlds To which the heaven of heavens is but a veil. All strength, all terror, single or in bands, That ever was put forth in personal form — Jehovah, with his thunder, and the choir Of shouting Angels, and the empyreal thrones, — I pass them unalarmed.
Página 134 - I AM a son of Mars, Who have been in many wars, And show my cuts and scars Wherever I come ; This here was for a wench, And that other in a trench, When welcoming the French At the sound of the drum.
Página 141 - From that bleak tenement He, many an evening, to his distant home In solitude returning, saw the hills Grow larger in the darkness ; all alone Beheld the stars come out above his head, And travelled through the wood, with no one near To whom he might confess the things he saw.
Página 179 - Not Chaos, not The darkest pit of lowest Erebus, Nor aught of blinder vacancy — scooped out By help of dreams, can breed such fear and awe As fall upon us often when we look Into our minds, into the mind of man, My haunt, and the main region of my song.
Página 134 - And now a widow, I must mourn The pleasures that will ne'er return; No comfort but a hearty can, When I think on John Highlandman. RECITATIVO A pigmy scraper, wi...
Página 110 - Muse's lyre. Not beggar's brat on bulk begot ; Not bastard of a pedlar Scot ; Not boy brought up to cleaning shoes, The spawn of Bridewell or the stews...
Página 141 - He had small need of books ; for many a tale Traditionary, round the mountains hung, And many a legend, peopling the dark woods, Nourished Imagination in her growth, And gave the Mind that apprehensive power By which she is made quick to recognise The moral properties and scope of things.
Página 115 - Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to.
Página 234 - Though Nature could not touch his heart By lovely forms and silent weather, And tender sounds, yet you might see At once, that Peter Bell and she Had often been together. A savage wildness round him hung As of a dweller out of doors ; In his whole figure and his mien A savage character was seen, Of mountains and of dreary moors.
Página 139 - His face and hands are still as brown as if he had lived entirely sub dio. His very hair has a coarse stringiness about it, which proves beyond dispute its utter ignorance of all the arts of the friseur ; and hangs in playful whips and cords about his ears, in a style of the most perfect innocence imaginable.