Tales of My Landlord: 3d serJ. Maxwell, 1822 - English fiction |
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ancient answered appearance auld bartizan better betwixt Bittlebrain's Bucklaw Caleb Balderstone captain Craigengelt cauld companion countenance dame daughter Dick Tinto Dingwall domestic entertain expression eyes father favour fear feeling felt frae gate gentleman gude guests hand Hayston head heard honour hope horse impatience lady Lockhard look lord keeper lord Ravenswood lords of Ravenswood lordship Lucy Ashton marquis master of Ravenswood maun means ment mind Miss Ashton morning Mysie Naiad never night noble observed occasion passion person pleasure present privy council Ravenswood Castle received recollect rendered replied the master ruin scene Scotish Scotland seemed seneschal sir William Ashton speak stranger suld suppose sure tell ther thing Thomas the rhymer thought tion turn venison venswood village voice weel Wolf's Crag Wolf's-hope woman wood words young Ravenswood
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Page 134 - A sail ! a sail ! With throats unslaked, vu h black lips baked, Agape they heard me call : Gramercy ! they for joy did grin, And all at once their breath drew in, As they were drinking all. See! see! (I cried) she tacks no more! Hither to work us weal; Without a breeze, without a tide, She steadies with upright keel!
Page 3 - I'll win your bread, And spindles and whorles for them wha need, Whilk is a gentle trade indeed, To carry the gaberlunzie on. I'll bow my leg, and crook my knee, And draw a black clout o'er my e'e; A cripple or blind they will ca' me, While we shall be merry and sing.
Page 216 - When the last Laird of Ravenswood to Ravenswood shall ride, And woo a dead maiden to be his bride, He shall stable his steed in the Kelpie's flow, And his name shall be lost for evermoe 1 " "I know the Kelpie's flow well enough...
Page 186 - We worldly men, when we see friends and kinsmen Past hope sunk in their fortunes, lend no hand To lift them up, but rather set our feet Upon their heads, to press them to the bottom.