Manderville; or, The Hibernian chiliarchThomas Dolby, 1825 - 564 pagini |
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Pagina 59
... derville on the preceding evening ; having , as is customary in cases of the kind , the mo- ment he awoke , related their perilous en- counter with Norah , to his fellow - servants , with all the exaggeration that might be expected , as ...
... derville on the preceding evening ; having , as is customary in cases of the kind , the mo- ment he awoke , related their perilous en- counter with Norah , to his fellow - servants , with all the exaggeration that might be expected , as ...
Pagina 83
... derville , to get within shot of a flock of Cur- lews , they agreed to turn homeward ; but as they had still some hours ' daylight , they re- solved to take rather a circuitous direction , that would lead them through a wood , an ...
... derville , to get within shot of a flock of Cur- lews , they agreed to turn homeward ; but as they had still some hours ' daylight , they re- solved to take rather a circuitous direction , that would lead them through a wood , an ...
Pagina 97
... derville had just brought his rifle to his shoul- der for the purpose of taking aim at him , when the advancing stranger's piece went off , either from accident or intention ; the ball whistling closely past our hero's head , and ...
... derville had just brought his rifle to his shoul- der for the purpose of taking aim at him , when the advancing stranger's piece went off , either from accident or intention ; the ball whistling closely past our hero's head , and ...
Pagina 100
... derville had now , therefore , arrived ; hoping , however , to disable the two foremost by his fire , he waited until they were even within a few yards of him , then glancing once more along the barrel , he discharged his piece full in ...
... derville had now , therefore , arrived ; hoping , however , to disable the two foremost by his fire , he waited until they were even within a few yards of him , then glancing once more along the barrel , he discharged his piece full in ...
Pagina 118
... derville , more likely to be acceptable than the decisive , not to say haughty , demeanour of Sophia Mortimer , which , although meted to the strictest rules of feminine decorum , shone forth on some occasions in a manner that rendered ...
... derville , more likely to be acceptable than the decisive , not to say haughty , demeanour of Sophia Mortimer , which , although meted to the strictest rules of feminine decorum , shone forth on some occasions in a manner that rendered ...
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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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Pagina 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...
Pagina 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!
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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,
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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!
Pagina 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...