The Borderers: A Tale, Band 2Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1829 |
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... cleared land , objects were less indistinct ; though even those nearest and most known were now seen only in the confused and gloomy outlines of night . Across this dim prospect , Submission and his companion gazed THE BORDERERS . 7.
... cleared land , objects were less indistinct ; though even those nearest and most known were now seen only in the confused and gloomy outlines of night . Across this dim prospect , Submission and his companion gazed THE BORDERERS . 7.
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... of the family . This spot was one that overlooked the steepest acclivity of the eminence , which was in itself , just there , so difficult of ascent , as to render the provision of the pickets far less ne- cessary 8 THE BORDERERS .
... of the family . This spot was one that overlooked the steepest acclivity of the eminence , which was in itself , just there , so difficult of ascent , as to render the provision of the pickets far less ne- cessary 8 THE BORDERERS .
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... a path that his companion threaded without any apparent hesitation . 66 My own hand laid this outer pile , some winters since , and certain am I , that from B 3 THE BORDERERS . 9 render the provision of the pickets far less ne- ...
... a path that his companion threaded without any apparent hesitation . 66 My own hand laid this outer pile , some winters since , and certain am I , that from B 3 THE BORDERERS . 9 render the provision of the pickets far less ne- ...
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... less , gloomy , and clothed in the doubtful forms of night . Still the space around the well- secured and trebly - barred postern was vacant . A sheet of spotless snow served as a back ground , that would have been sure to betray the ...
... less , gloomy , and clothed in the doubtful forms of night . Still the space around the well- secured and trebly - barred postern was vacant . A sheet of spotless snow served as a back ground , that would have been sure to betray the ...
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... the com- batants , in the hope of victory . Remember that thou art now of an age to do justice to thy name and origin ; and yet art thou of years too tender to be foremost in speech , and far less in THE BORDERERS . 23.
... the com- batants , in the hope of victory . Remember that thou art now of an age to do justice to thy name and origin ; and yet art thou of years too tender to be foremost in speech , and far less in THE BORDERERS . 23.
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 18 - There needs no ghost, my lord, come from the grave, To tell us this. Ham. Why, right; you are in the right ; And so, without more circumstance at all, I hold it fit, that we shake hands, and part: You, as your business, and desire, shall point you; — For every man...
Seite 179 - You have ; I knew it would be your answer. Well, for your favour, sir, why, give God thanks, and make no boast of it ; and for your writing and reading, let that appear when there is no need of such vanity.
Seite 210 - I am not prone to weeping, as our sex Commonly are ; the want of which vain dew Perchance shall dry your pities : but I have That honourable grief lodged here which burns Worse than tears drown...
Seite 126 - Live you? or are you aught That man may question? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips.
Seite 242 - Sir, he hath never fed of the dainties that are bred in a book ; he hath not eat paper, as it were ; he hath not drunk ink : his intellect is not replenished ; he is only an animal, only sensible in the duller parts...
Seite 67 - Thou mild, sad mother, waning moon, Thy last, low, melancholy ray Shines towards him. — Quit him not so soon! Mother, in mercy, stay ! Despair and death are with him ; and canst thou, With that kind, earthward look, go leave him now ? O, thou wast born for things of love ; Making more lovely in thy shine Whate'er thou look'st on.