The heart of Mid-LothianArchibald Constable, 1818 - 375 páginas |
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ANN RADCLIFFE ANNA MARIA PORTER answered auld authority bairns Bartoline Beersheba better betwixt called canna Captain John Porteous command cottage crime Crossmyloof Damahoy David Deans death dinna door Douce Davie Dunover duty Edinburgh Edition Effie's escape execution eyes father favour feelings fire frae gang gate Grassmarket gude Halkit hand heard heart HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN honour Howden Jeanie Deans JEDEDIAH CLEISHBOTHAM Jock Laird of Dumbiedikes learned looking Lord magistrates mair manner maun ment mind murder naething neighbour Novel occasion ower person Plumdamas poor Porteous Porteous's prison puir replied Reuben Butler rioters Saddletree Saddletree's Saint Leonard's Scotland Scottish seemed sion sister soldiers street supposed teous THADDEUS OF WARSAW there's thing tholine thought tion Tolbooth tone unhappy usual voice Vols wad hae walked weel whilk Wilson winna woman Woodend word ye ken young
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Página 270 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key; As if our hands, our sides...
Página 239 - Two summers since, I saw at Lammas Fair The sweetest flower that ever blossom'd there, When Phoebe Dawson gaily cross'd the Green, In haste to see, and happy to be seen: Her air, her manners, all who saw admired; Courteous though coy, and gentle though retired; The joy of youth and health her eyes display'd, And ease of heart her every look convey'd...
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Página 181 - ... by its intricacy, and yet so sublime,— is lighted up by the tints of morning or of evening, and displays all that variety of shadowy depth, exchanged with partial brilliancy, which gives character even to the tamest of landscapes, the effect approaches near to enchantment. This path used to be my favourite evening and morning resort, when engaged with a favourite author, or new subject of study.
Página 134 - With treble walls, which Phlegethon surrounds, Whose fiery flood the burning empire bounds, And, pressed betwixt the rocks, the bellowing noise resounds. Wide is the fronting gate, and raised on high With adamantine columns threats the sky ; Vain is the force of man, and heaven's as vain, To crush the pillars which the pile sustain.
Página 181 - But as the path gently circles around the base of the cliffs, the prospect, composed as it is of these enchanting and sublime objects, changes at every step, and presents them blended with, or divided from each other, in every possible variety which can gratify the eye and the imagination.
Página 180 - IF I were to choose a spot from which the rising or setting sun could be seen to the greatest possible advantage, it would be that wild path winding around the foot of the high belt of semicircular rocks, called Salisbury Crags, and marking the verge of the steep descent which slopes down into the glen on the south-eastern side of the city of Edinburgh.
Página 194 - Jock, when ye hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree ; it will be growing, Jock, when ye're sleeping...