Elizabeth de Bruce, Volume 1W. Blackwood, 1827 |
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Page 256 - King for ever and ever, and the heathen are perished out of the land. 19 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the poor ; thou preparest their heart, and thine ear hearkeneth thereto : 20 To help the fatherless and poor unto their right, that the man of the earth be no more exalted against them.
Page 171 - O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
Page 211 - And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
Page 171 - All ye that are about him, bemoan him ; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod...
Page 154 - I know each lane, and every alley green, Dingle, or bushy dell of this wild wood, And every bosky bourn from side to side, My daily walks and ancient neighbourhood...
Page 16 - s been long abroad, And died, they think. \ BIANCA. Well, sir, and what of that ? And have I not the privilege of sorrow, Without a menial's staring eye upon me ? Who sent thee thus to charter my free thoughts, And tell them where to shrink, and where to pause ? Officious slave, away!
Page 74 - THE CARLE HE CAME O'ER THE CROFT. THE carle he came o'er the croft, And his beard new shaven, He look'd at me as he'd been daft, The carle trows that I wad hae him. Howt awa! I winna hae him, Na forsooth I winna hae him, For a' his beard's new shaven, Ne'er a bit will I hae him.
Page 201 - To form a nymph of wit and sense, A model for her sex design'd, Who never could one lover find. She saw her favour was...
Page 221 - Or else she dances with becoming grace, Or shape excuses the defects of face. There swims no goose so gray but soon or late She finds some honest gander for her mate.
Page 248 - ... the goodness and mercy which had followed her all the days of her life, and of the blessed hope that ere long she would be permitted to dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. Whilst " longing. to depart and be with Christ...