Manderville; or, The Hibernian chiliarchThomas Dolby, 1825 - 564 pages |
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... towers of other days " were false : however , that feeling was not sufficiently strong to deprive him of any of his energies , which , in fact , his situation tended rather to call forth . There was a something of interest in his very ...
... towers of other days " were false : however , that feeling was not sufficiently strong to deprive him of any of his energies , which , in fact , his situation tended rather to call forth . There was a something of interest in his very ...
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... time entirely blown , Captain Summers perceived , by the light of the moon , that they were approaching the borders of a small lake , in the centre of which stood an isolated tower , founded on a rock , whose extent MANDERVILLE . 37.
... time entirely blown , Captain Summers perceived , by the light of the moon , that they were approaching the borders of a small lake , in the centre of which stood an isolated tower , founded on a rock , whose extent MANDERVILLE . 37.
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... tower were illuminated by the fierce glare of unnumbered torches ; whilst the distant shout of many united voices reverberated on the ear , and told some there possessed the attribute of existence , which might almost have been doubted ...
... tower were illuminated by the fierce glare of unnumbered torches ; whilst the distant shout of many united voices reverberated on the ear , and told some there possessed the attribute of existence , which might almost have been doubted ...
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... horses . The building , as it towered above them , bore a perfect re- semblance to a modern light - house or mar- tello tower , only that it was considerably higher than the generality of the latter , and of MANDERVILLE . 39.
... horses . The building , as it towered above them , bore a perfect re- semblance to a modern light - house or mar- tello tower , only that it was considerably higher than the generality of the latter , and of MANDERVILLE . 39.
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... tower . They ascended in silence . Arriving at a landing- place , Manderville approached a door of larger size than the one below , and gave a couple of slight knocks ; a footstep rushed towards it on the inside ; the door of a magni ...
... tower . They ascended in silence . Arriving at a landing- place , Manderville approached a door of larger size than the one below , and gave a couple of slight knocks ; a footstep rushed towards it on the inside ; the door of a magni ...
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Manderville: Or, the Hibernian Chiliarch: a Tale;, Volume 1 Francis Higginson No preview available - 2017 |
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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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Page 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...
Page 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!
Page 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.
Page 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,
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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!
Page 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...