Life Jottings of an Old Edinburgh CitizenT. N. Foulis, 1915 - 509 стор. |
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... learned from Mr. David Scott - Moncrieff that the song was written in collaboration by his two sisters , who must have been but young girls at the time . Their witty lines entitle them to be re- membered . All in the grand - stand were ...
... learned from Mr. David Scott - Moncrieff that the song was written in collaboration by his two sisters , who must have been but young girls at the time . Their witty lines entitle them to be re- membered . All in the grand - stand were ...
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... learned thus early in my life how the joyful and the distressful go together . We were taken after the ceremony to Bank Street , to a private house , and there from the window saw a sad sight- a dead body and several stretchers with ...
... learned thus early in my life how the joyful and the distressful go together . We were taken after the ceremony to Bank Street , to a private house , and there from the window saw a sad sight- a dead body and several stretchers with ...
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... learned who it was that she had snubbed , and if so , how she felt . It is amusing to notice that in the detailed nar- rative of this visit of the Queen to Scotland , it was thought worth while to announce as an amazing circumstance ...
... learned who it was that she had snubbed , and if so , how she felt . It is amusing to notice that in the detailed nar- rative of this visit of the Queen to Scotland , it was thought worth while to announce as an amazing circumstance ...
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... learned in folklore to inform the inquirer . But they were splendid specimens of humanity , clear - complex- ioned , bright - eyed , and while strong and vigor- ous , carrying heavy burdens , they were neat- handed , and their small ...
... learned in folklore to inform the inquirer . But they were splendid specimens of humanity , clear - complex- ioned , bright - eyed , and while strong and vigor- ous , carrying heavy burdens , they were neat- handed , and their small ...
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... learned to know when I grew up , of the sacrifice these men were facing when they marched to Tanfield , giving up their homes and their living , sacrificing for the time their prospects in life . I say nothing as to the rights of the ...
... learned to know when I grew up , of the sacrifice these men were facing when they marched to Tanfield , giving up their homes and their living , sacrificing for the time their prospects in life . I say nothing as to the rights of the ...
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Сторінка 358 - But I'm sadly afraid, if we do not take care, A relapse to low life may our prospects impair ; So of beastly propensities let us beware, Which nobody can deny.
Сторінка 284 - Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days. The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.
Сторінка 154 - Oh! the bodily and mental wearisomeness of sitting six hours a day, staring idly at a page, without motion and without thought, and trembling at the gradual approach of the merciless giant. I never got a single prize, and once sat boobie at the annual public examination. The beauty of no Roman word, or thought, or action, ever occurred to me ! nor did I ever fancy that Latin was of any use except to torture boys.
Сторінка 330 - A clock that wants both hands, As useless when it goes as when it stands ; for only keep him going) and he bustles about the stage to some purpose.
Сторінка 476 - Age sits with decent grace upon his visage, And worthily becomes his silver locks; He wears the marks of many years well spent, Of virtue, truth well tried, and wise experience; A friend like this would suit my sorrows well.
Сторінка 151 - The satyrs of old were satyrs of note, With the head of a man, and the shanks of a goat; But the satyrs of Jesus these satyrs surpass, With the shanks of a sheep and the head of an ass, This is ascribed to Mr.
Сторінка 267 - Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime; An age that melts with unperceived decay, And glides in modest innocence away; Whose peaceful day benevolence endears, Whose night congratulating conscience cheers; The general favourite as the general friend: Such age there is, and who shall wish its end? Yet even on this her load misfortune flings, To press the weary minutes' flagging wings: New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns.
Сторінка 351 - Base envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Сторінка 202 - The truth is," wrote Lord Cockburn in July, 1846, " that Macaulay, with all his admitted knowledge, talent, eloquence, and worth, is not popular. He cares more for his ' History ' than for the jobs of his constituents, and answers letters irregularly, and with a brevity deemed contemptuous ; and, above all other defects, he suffers severely from the vice of overtalking, and consequently of underlistening.