Edith of Glammis, by Cuthbert Clutterbuck of Kennaquhair |
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Pàgina 89
... thee from without . " " Who ? what ? " enquired the old man apprehensively , as he buttoned up his loose coat , and pressed his hand convul- sively against his breast . " One with an iron garment , " again resumed the oracle.- " Then ...
... thee from without . " " Who ? what ? " enquired the old man apprehensively , as he buttoned up his loose coat , and pressed his hand convul- sively against his breast . " One with an iron garment , " again resumed the oracle.- " Then ...
Pàgina 94
... thee , whether with cord or steel , to the utmost of my poor devoirs . " Old Polwarth started from his seat - and truly the figure that entered his small apartment was not calculated to lessen any fears or apprehensions of danger he ...
... thee , whether with cord or steel , to the utmost of my poor devoirs . " Old Polwarth started from his seat - and truly the figure that entered his small apartment was not calculated to lessen any fears or apprehensions of danger he ...
Pàgina 144
... thee , and to the damsel of thy heart . " Sir Percy , as in duty bound , returned the pledge , and while draining the cup , which the severe fatigues of the previous day made him swallow with more real zest than he might otherwise have ...
... thee , and to the damsel of thy heart . " Sir Percy , as in duty bound , returned the pledge , and while draining the cup , which the severe fatigues of the previous day made him swallow with more real zest than he might otherwise have ...
Pàgina 149
... thee ! the woman is wea- zened as a witch , and i ' the wrong side of two score and ten . " Sir Percy rubbed his eyes , and stared around him , like one awakened from a dream . He could not believe his ears . Every body seemed joined in ...
... thee ! the woman is wea- zened as a witch , and i ' the wrong side of two score and ten . " Sir Percy rubbed his eyes , and stared around him , like one awakened from a dream . He could not believe his ears . Every body seemed joined in ...
Pàgina 163
... thee ? " " Hehe hath , " said Polwarth , hesi- tatingly ; " but , on the honour of a Chris- tian man , I desired not his presence ; nay , despite his entreaties , I put him forth , and he goeth from this house , leaving a nig- gard's ...
... thee ? " " Hehe hath , " said Polwarth , hesi- tatingly ; " but , on the honour of a Chris- tian man , I desired not his presence ; nay , despite his entreaties , I put him forth , and he goeth from this house , leaving a nig- gard's ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 12 - I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?
Pàgina 86 - A man also or a woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood ¡hall be upon them.
Pàgina 243 - Away, away, my steed and I, Upon the pinions of the wind, All human dwellings left behind ; We sped like meteors through the sky...
Pàgina 25 - Now stench and blackness yawn like death : oh plead With famine or wind-walking pestilence, Blind lightning or the deaf sea ; — not with man ! Cruel, cold, formal man ; righteous in words, In deeds a Cain ! No, mother, we must die : Since such is the reward of innocent lives, Such the alleviation of worst wrongs.
Pàgina 260 - STATELY stept he east the wa', And stately stept he west, Full seventy years he now had seen, Wi' scarce seven years of rest. He liv'd when Britons breach of faith Wrought Scotland mickle wae : And ay his sword tauld to their cost, He was their deadlye fae.
Pàgina 288 - While the tinker did dine, he had plenty of wine, Rich canary, with sherry and tent superfine. Like a right honest soul, faith, he took off his bowl, Till at last he began for to tumble and roul From his chair to the floor, where he sleeping did snore, Being seven times drunker than ever before.
Pàgina 253 - Gallant captain show some pity To a lady in distress ; Leave me not within this city, For to die in heaviness. Thou hast set this present day my body free, But my heart in prison still remains with thee.' ' How shouldst thou, fair lady, love me, Whom thou know'st thy country's foe? Thy fair words make me suspect thee: Serpents lie where flowers grow.
Pàgina 184 - And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die.
Pàgina 289 - From his chair to the floor, where he sleeping did snore, Being seven times drunker than ever before. Then the duke did ordain, they should strip him amain, And restore him his old leather garments again...
Pàgina 279 - O wow ! quo' he, were I as free As first when I saw this countrie, How blythe and merry wad I be ! And I wad never think lang.