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... ladies - paper or landlords - ladies by descent or courtesy - with aristocratic advocates , philosophical professors , clergymen , wild or mode- rate , Arminian or Calvinistic ? Some of them were among the first men of their age ...
... ladies - paper or landlords - ladies by descent or courtesy - with aristocratic advocates , philosophical professors , clergymen , wild or mode- rate , Arminian or Calvinistic ? Some of them were among the first men of their age ...
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... lady fair : Wha does the utmost that he can , Will whiles do mair . But to conclude my silly rhyme , ( I'm scant o ' verse , and scant o ' time ) , TO MAKE A HAPPY FIRE - SIDE CLIME TO WEANS AND WIFE , THAT'S THE TRUE PATHOS AND SUBLIME ...
... lady fair : Wha does the utmost that he can , Will whiles do mair . But to conclude my silly rhyme , ( I'm scant o ' verse , and scant o ' time ) , TO MAKE A HAPPY FIRE - SIDE CLIME TO WEANS AND WIFE , THAT'S THE TRUE PATHOS AND SUBLIME ...
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... ladies now on land , we men at sea indite , " the night before an expected engagement , a proof of his self- possession ; but he had been working at it for days . Dryden dashed off his " Alexander's Feast " in no time , but the labour ...
... ladies now on land , we men at sea indite , " the night before an expected engagement , a proof of his self- possession ; but he had been working at it for days . Dryden dashed off his " Alexander's Feast " in no time , but the labour ...
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... Lady ? Not Josiah Walker . Yet it passed for years unreproved : the " Life " which contains it still circulates , and seems to be in some repute ; and Josiah Walker on another occasion is cited to the rescue by George Thomson as a ...
... Lady ? Not Josiah Walker . Yet it passed for years unreproved : the " Life " which contains it still circulates , and seems to be in some repute ; and Josiah Walker on another occasion is cited to the rescue by George Thomson as a ...
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... lady who sings well - to whom she wishes to present the Scots ' Musical Museum . If you have a spare copy , will you be so obliging as to send it by the very first Fly , as I am anxious to have it soon . Turn from James Johnson and his ...
... lady who sings well - to whom she wishes to present the Scots ' Musical Museum . If you have a spare copy , will you be so obliging as to send it by the very first Fly , as I am anxious to have it soon . Turn from James Johnson and his ...
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Page 322 - The Sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he! And he shone bright, and on the right Went down into the sea. Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon — ' The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast.
Page 321 - The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide, And I am next of kin; The guests are met, the feast is set: May'st hear the merry din.
Page 109 - For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher ranks than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that — That sense and worth o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a' that, and a' that, It's coming yet, for a
Page 127 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand or freeman fa', Let him follow me!
Page 323 - And now the Storm-blast came, and he Was tyrannous and strong: He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along. "'With sloping masts and dipping prow As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe, And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled.
Page 326 - The very deep did rot : O Christ ! That ever this should be ! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea. " About, about, in reel and rout, The death-fires danced at night ; The water, like a witch's oils, Burnt green, and blue and white.
Page 322 - The wedding-guest he beat his breast, Yet he cannot choose but hear ! And thus spake on that ancient man, The bright-eyed Mariner.
Page 327 - The many men, so beautiful! And they all dead did lie: And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on ; and so did I.
Page 328 - Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes: They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Page 326 - With throats unslaked, with black lips baked, We could nor laugh nor wail; Through utter drought all dumb we stood! I bit my arm, I sucked the blood, And cried, A sail ! a sail...