The Old Bachelor in the Old Scottish Village. [Essays and Sketches.]Myles Macphail, 1845 - 247 страница |
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... green level of the natural earth . The old head - stone of the " Portioners " of our family , besides being swayed and sunk to one side , was all over - grown with scurf , so that I could scarcely read the names of my grandfather and ...
... green level of the natural earth . The old head - stone of the " Portioners " of our family , besides being swayed and sunk to one side , was all over - grown with scurf , so that I could scarcely read the names of my grandfather and ...
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... green , and softening them down from the abrupt and ruined artificial into a continuation of her own mild , living , and eternal elements : - " Dying insensibly away From human thoughts and purposes , It seemed , wall , window , roof ...
... green , and softening them down from the abrupt and ruined artificial into a continuation of her own mild , living , and eternal elements : - " Dying insensibly away From human thoughts and purposes , It seemed , wall , window , roof ...
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... green : the tinman has dished him . There is also less frank rough- ness now in village manners ; less hauling and slapping and buying of ribbons for Jenny at the fair ; shier attempts now in the rural lad to put his budding manhood to ...
... green : the tinman has dished him . There is also less frank rough- ness now in village manners ; less hauling and slapping and buying of ribbons for Jenny at the fair ; shier attempts now in the rural lad to put his budding manhood to ...
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... green ferny braes . Sandy Brunton , the thin hero of my present notice , was a Fairy Changeling . His mother was one day shearing in the harvest field . She had left her plump rosy - cheeked infant lying asleep in her shawl at one of ...
... green ferny braes . Sandy Brunton , the thin hero of my present notice , was a Fairy Changeling . His mother was one day shearing in the harvest field . She had left her plump rosy - cheeked infant lying asleep in her shawl at one of ...
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... green . There were few haws last autumn , but the small birds have had no lack of food ; and in con- sequence of this , and the mildness of the season , they are exceedingly numerous . Many are the flocks of linnets that rise ever and ...
... green . There were few haws last autumn , but the small birds have had no lack of food ; and in con- sequence of this , and the mildness of the season , they are exceedingly numerous . Many are the flocks of linnets that rise ever and ...
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answer Antonio Cardo beautiful better body Bremner Bride of Lammermoor brother Bucke Captain character Charlotte Cardo child church-yard cloud cottage Covenanter cried dead death door Dumfries Edinburgh Eildon hills Ernly face father Florence Frederick Hume give gloaming grave green hand harp haste head hear heard heart Heaven Helen Walker hills Hinton Douglas honour hour Irongray Italian Italy Jenkins Julia Romelli kind King Lear kissed lady leave light living look Marli marriage Miss Clement Miss Pearce Miss Romelli moon morning mother nature neighbouring never night once passion poor returned round Scotland Scottish seemed seen Signor Romelli Signora Romelli sister sleep sorrow soul south of Scotland spirit sweet tell thing thou thought Timon of Athens took turned unhappy Vaulpas Village whole wild woman young youth
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