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answered arms aught Baron better betwixt blood brethren brother called castle Christie church Clinthill Colmslie Dame Elspeth Dame Glendinning Earl Earl of Murray Edward English knight Euphuist eyes faith Father Eustace Father Philip fear gallant give glen guest Halbert Glendinning halidome hand hath head heart Heaven Henry Warden heretic holy honour horse Jedediah Cleishbotham John Forster Julian Avenel Kennaquhair Lady of Avenel land looked lord abbot maiden Martin Mary Avenel Mary's matter miller mind Molinara monastery monk moss-trooper Murray Mysie Happer never noble once person pray preacher present replied reverence sacristan Scotland Scottish seemed sir knight Sir Piercie Shafton Southron speak spirit stood stranger sub-prior sword tell thee thine thou hast thought Tibb tion tone Tower of Glendearg turn vassals White Lady wild William de Douglas woman words young youth
Fréquemment cités
Page 85 - When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die.
Page 140 - Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries! Happiest they of human race, To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
Page 93 - Come from the hills where your hirsels are grazing, Come from the glen of the buck and the roe; Come to the crag where the beacon is blazing, Come with the buckler, the lance, and the bow. Trumpets are sounding, War-steeds...
Page 172 - Euphues and his England, was in the very zenith of his absurdity and reputation. The quaint, forced, and unnatural style which he introduced by his
Page lxviii - This potent commander of the elements, this abridger of time and space, this magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change on the world the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt, was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers and calculator of numbers, as adapted to practical purposes, was not only one of the most generally well-informed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings.
Page lxix - His talents and fancy overflowed on every subject. One gentleman was a deep philologist, — he talked with him on the origin of the alphabet as if he had been coeval with Cadmus ; another a celebrated critic, — you would have said the old man had studied political economy and belles-lettres all his life, — of science it is unnecessary to speak, it was his own distinguished walk.
Page 158 - Shafton when he looked elsewhere, and were dropped at once when they encountered his, that she was irresistible ! In fine, the affectionate delicacy of her whole demeanour, joined to the promptitude and boldness she had so lately evinced, tended to ennoble the services she had rendered, as if some sweet engaging Grace Put on some clothes to come abroad, And took a waiter's place.
Page 177 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.