Essays: Historical and Biographical, Political and Social, Literary and ScientificWilliam P. Nimmo, 1869 - 519 pages |
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... scarce two hundred yards from where we write , and whose honoured bones moulder in the neighbouring churchyard . But , whatever it might be in Mary's days , it is surely no dis- putable doctrine now . It is the doctrine of the ...
... scarce two hundred yards from where we write , and whose honoured bones moulder in the neighbouring churchyard . But , whatever it might be in Mary's days , it is surely no dis- putable doctrine now . It is the doctrine of the ...
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... scarce a dell without its ambuscade ; scarce a hill - top with- out its hostile horde of observation and annoyance ; royal fortresses shut against royalty , until reduced by siege ; chiefs and their septs hastily arming either to assail ...
... scarce a dell without its ambuscade ; scarce a hill - top with- out its hostile horde of observation and annoyance ; royal fortresses shut against royalty , until reduced by siege ; chiefs and their septs hastily arming either to assail ...
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... scarce anything else ; and we question whether Edinburgh was not as inte- resting a sight when Charles visited it rather more two hun- dred years ago , as when Victoria visited it last week . " The streets on both sides , " says ...
... scarce anything else ; and we question whether Edinburgh was not as inte- resting a sight when Charles visited it rather more two hun- dred years ago , as when Victoria visited it last week . " The streets on both sides , " says ...
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... scarce less densely occupied than the street below ; and the effect of the whole was striking in the extreme . Blair , in his " Grave , " speaks of " over - bellying crowds . " The spectators of the scene of Saturday must have been able ...
... scarce less densely occupied than the street below ; and the effect of the whole was striking in the extreme . Blair , in his " Grave , " speaks of " over - bellying crowds . " The spectators of the scene of Saturday must have been able ...
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... scarce a single exception , was the greatest and noblest of the Scotch- men , as the Bruce , though of a heroic nature , was less dis- interestedly a patriot ; and the other , with scarce a single exception , was , as far as we know ...
... scarce a single exception , was the greatest and noblest of the Scotch- men , as the Bruce , though of a heroic nature , was less dis- interestedly a patriot ; and the other , with scarce a single exception , was , as far as we know ...
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Page 437 - Though I, once gone, to all the world must die: The earth can yield me but a common grave, When you entombed in men's eyes shall lie. Your monument shall be my gentle verse, Which eyes not yet created shall o'er-read, And tongues to be your being shall rehearse When all the breathers of this world are dead; You still shall live — such virtue hath my pen — Where breath most breathes, even in the mouths of men.
Page 394 - Who, both by precept and example, shows That prose is verse, and verse is merely prose...
Page 435 - Man in society is like a flower Blown in its native bed : 'tis there alone His faculties, expanded in full bloom, Shine out ; there only reach their proper use.
Page 117 - We are told that there was no malice, and that the prisoner must have been in liquor. In liquor! Why, he was drunk! And yet he murdered the very man who had been drinking with him ! They had been carousing the whole night ; and yet he stabbed him! after drinking a whole bottle of rum with him! Good God, my Laards, if he will do this when he's drunk, what will he not do when he's sober?
Page 125 - The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! Reader, attend ! whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling grubs this earthly hole, In low pursuit ; Know, prudent, cautious, self-control Is wisdom's root.
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Page 413 - THE HISTORY OF PALESTINE, from the Patriarchal Age to the Present Time ; with Chapters on the Geography and Natural History of the Country, the Customs and Institutions of the Hebrews.
Page 21 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united! For in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
Page 249 - Road, and Finchley Common, on the great Northern Road, were perhaps the most celebrated of these spots. The Cambridge scholars trembled when they approached Epping Forest, even in broad daylight. Seamen who had just been paid off at Chatham were often compelled to deliver their purses on Gadshill, celebrated near a hundred years earlier by the greatest of poets as the scene of the depredations of Falstaff.
Page 396 - But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, such is royal George's will, An' there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae cauld, faint-hearted doubtings tease him: Death comes, wi' fearless eye he sees him; Wi' bluidy hand a welcome gies him : An' when he fa's, His latest draught o' breathin lea'es him In faint huzzas.