The Lone Shieling: Or the Authorship of the "Canadian Boat Song", with Other Literary and Historical SketchesW. Smith, 1908 - Всего страниц: 242 |
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Стр. 15 - Fair these broad meads — these hoary -woods are grand ; But we are exiles from our fathers
Стр. 4 - From the lone shieling of the misty island Mountains divide us, and the waste of seas — Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we in dreams behold the Hebrides : Fair these broad meads, &c.
Стр. 41 - HOOT awa', lads, hoot awa,' Ha' ye heard how the Ridleys, and Thirlwalls, and a', Ha"' set upon Albany* Featherstonhaugh, And taken his life at the Deadmanshaugh ? There was Willimoteswick, And Hardriding Dick, And Hughie of Hawdon, and Will of the Wa\ I canno tell a', I canno tell a', And mony a mair that the deil may knaw.
Стр. 121 - Oft did the cliffs reverberate the sound Of parted fragments tumbling from on high ; And from the summit of that craggy mound The perching eagle oft was heard to cry, Or on resounding wings, to shoot athwart the sky.
Стр. 225 - O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others see us!
Стр. 140 - A curious Herbal, containing five hundred cuts of the most useful plants which are now used in the practice of physic, engraved on folio copper plûtes, afler drawings taken from the life, by Elizabeth Blackwell. To which is added, a short description of the plants, and their common uses in physic, ? vols, folio.
Стр. 16 - tween the dark hills creeps the small clear stream, In arms around the patriarch banner rally, Nor see the moon on royal tombstones gleam: Fair these broad meads, &c.
Стр. 47 - In conclusion, you must permit me to express my sincere regret that, whilst the many valuable remains of antiquity in my possession are frequently attributed to my own hands, the one poor work of my youth is set down by a gentleman who enjoys a great reputation for learning, as the earliest copy of the Sacred Scriptures.
Стр. 44 - The Book of Jasher : with testimonies and notes, critical and historical, explanatory of the text : to which is prefixed, various readings, and a preliminary dissertation, proving the authenticity of the work. Translated into English from the Hebrew, by Flaccus Albinus...