Manderville; or, The Hibernian chiliarchThomas Dolby, 1825 - 564 páginas |
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... attempt made to copy the style of the author of " Waverly , " they are to ascribe it merely to a desire I entertain of pursuing that track , which experience has proved to be the best . This desire is , however , untinctured by any ...
... attempt made to copy the style of the author of " Waverly , " they are to ascribe it merely to a desire I entertain of pursuing that track , which experience has proved to be the best . This desire is , however , untinctured by any ...
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... attempted on a province he has made pe- culiarly his own , by a Horde , who may aptly be described as the Vandals of Literature . Caitiffs , with- out one particle of either taste or genius , whose ignorance , superlative as it is ...
... attempted on a province he has made pe- culiarly his own , by a Horde , who may aptly be described as the Vandals of Literature . Caitiffs , with- out one particle of either taste or genius , whose ignorance , superlative as it is ...
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... attempt , and ( if I may be allowed the expression ) display to him the Doric on which my hopes are sup- ported ... attempting to discriminate the portions B 2 PREFACE . iii human heart; I yet have considered it justifiable to ...
... attempt , and ( if I may be allowed the expression ) display to him the Doric on which my hopes are sup- ported ... attempting to discriminate the portions B 2 PREFACE . iii human heart; I yet have considered it justifiable to ...
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Francis S. Higginson. to insure success , or attempting to discriminate the portions possessed by the aspirants alluded to ... attempt of this kind , has tended rather to deter me , by presenting me with specimens of excellence it were ...
Francis S. Higginson. to insure success , or attempting to discriminate the portions possessed by the aspirants alluded to ... attempt of this kind , has tended rather to deter me , by presenting me with specimens of excellence it were ...
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... attempt to say at present , is , that however defective my execution may be found , the models I have kept within view , are of the very first order ; and I trust it will appear , on a perusal of the following pages , that I have not ...
... attempt to say at present , is , that however defective my execution may be found , the models I have kept within view , are of the very first order ; and I trust it will appear , on a perusal of the following pages , that I have not ...
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Términos y frases comunes
accompanied acquainted afterwards anxiety appeared approach arms arrived ascer attack attempt attend became boats body Captain Sum Captain Summers Carrickfergus Castleward cause CHAPTER command concealed conceived concluded consequently considerable considered continued countenance daughter derville desperate distance doubt Edward Mortimer emotion enemy entertained entirely escape evidently exciseman eyes fact falchion fate father feelings female fire force formed friends frigate Grenville hand heard heart honour hope immediately informed instant instantly insurgents length Major Allensdale Manderville manner ment mentioned mers Miss Mortimer morning nature necessary night Norah notwithstanding o'er once owing partizans perceived person possessed possible present prisoner racter received remaining rendered replied request resolved respecting retired royalists santry scarcely scene shortly siderable silence Sir Henry Mortimer situation soldier specting speedily stood stranger succeeded THOMAS DOLBY tion tower Trueshot turned turret Veteran WALTER SCOTT whence whilst whole party wife wounded youth
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Página 11 - One fatal remembrance, one sorrow that throws, Its bleak shade alike o'er our joys and our woes, To which life nothing darker or brighter can bring, For which joy has no balm and affliction no sting...
Página 255 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us ! — Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked, or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee, Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane: O, answer me: Let me not burst in ignorance!
Página iii - LANG hae thought, my youthfu' friend, A something to have sent you, Tho' it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps, it may turn out a sang, Perhaps, turn out a sermon.
Página 273 - A conscience but a canker — A correspondence fix'd wi' Heav'n Is sure a noble anchor ! Adieu, dear amiable youth ! Your heart can ne'er be wanting : May prudence, fortitude, and truth Erect your brow undaunting ! In ploughman phrase,
Página 141 - Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might...
Página 123 - Up to our native seat: descent and fall To us is adverse. Who but felt of late, When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear Insulting, and pursued us through the deep, With what compulsion and laborious flight We sunk thus low ? The...
Página 115 - O'er a' the ills o' life victorious! But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race That flit ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide; The hour approaches Tam maun ride; That hour, o...
Página 207 - Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand!
Página 238 - Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter Scorn a sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try And hard Unkindness...