Macgrigor and Clarendon, Or, The Recluse Lovers: A Novel

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D. Chalmers, 1821 - 192 sidor
 

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Sida 89 - The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes, And gaping mouth, that testified surprise, Fix'd on her face, nor could remove his sight, New as he was to love, and novice...
Sida 149 - Ah ! in what perils is vain life engaged ! What slight neglects, what trivial faults destroy The hardiest frame ! Of indolence, of toil We die; of want, of superfluity. The all-surrounding heaven, the vital air, Is big with death.
Sida 27 - falchion drew, Each on the ground his 'scabbard threw, Each looked to sun, and stream, and plain, As what they ne'er might see again ; Then foot, and point, and eye opposed, In 'dubious strife they darkly closed...
Sida 123 - My name is NORVAL: on the Grampian hills My father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain, Whose constant cares were to increase his store, And keep his only son, myself, at home. For I had heard of battles, and I long'd To follow to the field some warlike Lord: And heaven soon granted what my Sire deny'd.
Sida 3 - In winter's bright array ; Touch'd by the sun, the lustre fades, And weeps itself away. When spring appears ; when violets blow, And shed a rich perfume ; How soon the fragrance breathes its last ! How short-liv'd is the bloom ! Fresh in the morn, the summer rose Hangs withering ere 'tis noon ; We scarce enjoy the balmy gift, But mourn the pleasure gone.
Sida 133 - ... on a mob of Spaniards to beat them; adding, " that he would have him and the whole world know, that none but an Englishman should an Englishman chastise.
Sida 96 - What beauties does Flora disclose! How sweet are her smiles upon Tweed! # Yet Mary's, still sweeter than those, Both nature and fancy exceed. No daisy, nor sweet blushing rose, Not all the gay flowers of the field, Not Tweed, gliding gently through those, Such beauty and pleasure does yield. The warblers are heard in the grove, The linnet, the lark, and the thrush; The blackbird, and sweet cooing dove, With music enchant every bush.
Sida 135 - ... satisfaction for any injuries that might have been done to our merchants. In December Blake came into the road of Cadiz, where he was treated with great respect; a Dutch admiral would not hoist his flag while he was there. The Algerines were so much afraid of him, that they stopped their Sallee rovers, obliged them to deliver up what English prisoners they had on board, and sent them to Blake, in order to procure his favour. Nevertheless, he came before Algiers on the 10th of March, when he sent...
Sida 120 - ... called a new parliament, consisting of four hundred, where Blake sat also, being the representative for his native town of Bridgewater. Dec. 6th he was appointed one of the commissioners of the admiralty. Nov. 1654, Cromwell sent him with a strong fleet into the Mediterranean, with instructions to support the honour of the English flag, and to procure satisfaction for any injuries that might have been done to our merchants.

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