Narratives from Criminal Trials in Scotland, Volym 1Chapman and Hall, 1852 |
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Narratives from Criminal Trials in Scotland, Volym 1 John Hill Burton Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1852 |
Narratives from Criminal Trials in Scotland, Volym 1 John Hill Burton Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1852 |
Narratives from Criminal Trials in Scotland, Volym 1 John Hill Burton Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1852 |
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Sida 56 - Wordsworth, -" What need of books? Burn all the statutes and their shelves; They stir us up against our kind, And worse—against ourselves. The creatures see of flood and field, And those that travel in the wind. With them no strife can last—they live In peace—and peace of mind. For
Sida 37 - Wae worth the louns that made the laws, To hang a man for gear, To reave of life for sic a cause As stealing horse or mare! Had not their laws been made sae strick, I ne'er had lost my joy; Wi' sorrow ne'er had wat my cheek For my dear Gilderoy.
Sida 116 - this door of the seas and key of the universe, with anything of a reasonable management, will of course enable its proprietors to give laws to both oceans, and to become arbitrators of the commercial world, without being liable to the fatigues, expenses, and dangers, in contracting the guilt and blood of Alexander and
Sida 304 - declared and took upon her soul and conscience, as she would answer at the day of judgment, when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed, that
Sida 244 - If you can look into the seeds of time, And say which grain will grow and which will not,
Sida 16 - that the Macgregors murdered a number of youths, whom report of the intended battle had brought to be spectators, and whom the Colquhouns, anxious for their safety, had shut up in a barn to be out of danger. One account of the Macgregors denies this circumstance
Sida 140 - The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
Sida 214 - O waken, brother dear, And turn you to our Saviour; There is strong treason here.' " When they were dressed in their cloaths, And ready for to boun, The doors and windows was all secured— The roof-tree burning down.
Sida 309 - old woman belonged to the parish of Loth, and, among other crimes, was accused of having ridden upon her own daughter, transformed into a pony and shod by the devil, which made the girl ever after lame both in hands and feet, a misfortune entailed upon her son, who was alive of late years. The grandmother was executed at
Sida 241 - when the sea Casts up his slimy ooze, search for a weed To open locks with, and to rivet charms Planted about her in the wicked feat Of all her mischiefs, which are