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... bring into line a range of subordinate buildings of grotesque shapes , of which several were bonneted like haycocks - the array terminat- ing , on one flank , in a private chapel surmounted by a cross , and , on the other , in a ...
... bring into line a range of subordinate buildings of grotesque shapes , of which several were bonneted like haycocks - the array terminat- ing , on one flank , in a private chapel surmounted by a cross , and , on the other , in a ...
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... bring upon me . Arnold knows not your merry humor , and may believe from your speech that I am not reputable . " " Pish , man ; bridle your foolish tongue ! Did I not see the very cask on't at Trencher Rob's ? Did I not mark how your ...
... bring upon me . Arnold knows not your merry humor , and may believe from your speech that I am not reputable . " " Pish , man ; bridle your foolish tongue ! Did I not see the very cask on't at Trencher Rob's ? Did I not mark how your ...
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... bring Arnold de la Grange with me . " " I have matter for your vigilance , Captain , " replied the Pro- prietary . " Walk with me in the garden - we will talk over our business in the open air . " When they had strolled some distance ...
... bring Arnold de la Grange with me . " " I have matter for your vigilance , Captain , " replied the Pro- prietary . " Walk with me in the garden - we will talk over our business in the open air . " When they had strolled some distance ...
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... brings the evil spirits together about the old hearth . Twice every day the blood - spots upon the floor freshen and grow strong , as the tide comes to flood ; - at the ebb they may be hardly seen . " " You have witnessed this yourself ...
... brings the evil spirits together about the old hearth . Twice every day the blood - spots upon the floor freshen and grow strong , as the tide comes to flood ; - at the ebb they may be hardly seen . " " You have witnessed this yourself ...
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... bring you to your penitentiary . Good even , friends- may the kind saints be with you ! " The Captain and his comrade now turned their steps toward the fort , and the Proprietary retired into the mansion . Here he found the secretary ...
... bring you to your penitentiary . Good even , friends- may the kind saints be with you ! " The Captain and his comrade now turned their steps toward the fort , and the Proprietary retired into the mansion . Here he found the secretary ...
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Page 156 - Going to the Wars Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. 1 Imprisoned or caged. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more.
Page 7 - And desolation saddens all thy green: One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain.
Page 375 - It is our op'ning day. Nor board nor garner own we now, Nor roof nor latched door, Nor kind mate, bound by holy vow To bless a good man's store...
Page 177 - Fellows, to mount a bank. Did your instructor In the dear tongues, never discourse to you Of the Italian mountebanks ? Per.
Page 70 - Which seemly was to see; A hood to that so neat and fine, In colour like the columbine, Ywrought full featously.
Page 135 - ' Bell my wife she loves not strife, Yet she will lead me if she can ; And oft, to live a quiet life...
Page 14 - Furthermore, Kennedy described the roof as having been "capped by a wooden balustraded parapet, terminating, at each extremity, in a scroll like the head of a violin, and, in the middle, sustaining an entablature that rose to a summit on which was mounted a weathercock.
Page 63 - She cast her weeds away, And to the palmy shore she hied, All in her best array. In sea-green silk so neatly clad, She there impatient stood ; The crew with wonder saw the lad Repell the foaming flood.
Page 197 - Some do call me Jack, sweetheart, And some do call me Jille." Witton Gilbert, a village four miles west of Durham, is, throughout the bishopric, pronounced Witton Jilbert. We have also the common name of Giles, always in Scotland pronounced Jill. For Gille, or Juliana, as a female name, we have Fair Gillian of Croyden, and a thousand authorities.
Page 100 - Twas even said the Blasted Oak, Convulsive, heaved a hollow groan : And, to this day, the peasant still, With cautious fear avoids the ground ; In each wild branch a spectre sees, And trembles at each rising sound.