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... daughter of Baillie Rorison , Thurso . The Gibsons were afterwards closely related by marriage to the Ratter Earls ... daughter's choice , and while Gow was absent at sea , obliged her to listen to the addresses of her future hus- band ...
... daughter of Baillie Rorison , Thurso . The Gibsons were afterwards closely related by marriage to the Ratter Earls ... daughter's choice , and while Gow was absent at sea , obliged her to listen to the addresses of her future hus- band ...
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... daughter and heir of William ( ? Lord ) Fitz Hugh , about 1500. It is in a black wood ( I think ebony ) by Hawys , his wife , daughter and heir of Hugh de frame , with a narrow carved gilt moulding or Longchamp , and she was , as I ...
... daughter and heir of William ( ? Lord ) Fitz Hugh , about 1500. It is in a black wood ( I think ebony ) by Hawys , his wife , daughter and heir of Hugh de frame , with a narrow carved gilt moulding or Longchamp , and she was , as I ...
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... daughter of Atkinson , and widow of Mason , of Welham . I shall be thankful for information concerning this family of Atkinson . W. F. MARSH JACKSON . ROYAL MARRIAGE WITH A SLAVE . - There is a story told in some old chronicle of a ...
... daughter of Atkinson , and widow of Mason , of Welham . I shall be thankful for information concerning this family of Atkinson . W. F. MARSH JACKSON . ROYAL MARRIAGE WITH A SLAVE . - There is a story told in some old chronicle of a ...
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... daughter , and that the giants had killed her father and went out every day to plunder her people . She herself had become a snake by the help of a good old quack nurse , and had made a vow to remain a serpent until she was revenged on ...
... daughter , and that the giants had killed her father and went out every day to plunder her people . She herself had become a snake by the help of a good old quack nurse , and had made a vow to remain a serpent until she was revenged on ...
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... daughter . The daughter then told of a remarkable dream she had had , describ- ing all she had gone through the night before . The men's suspicions were aroused , and when the girl produced the bleeding finger with the ring upon it ...
... daughter . The daughter then told of a remarkable dream she had had , describ- ing all she had gone through the night before . The men's suspicions were aroused , and when the girl produced the bleeding finger with the ring upon it ...
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Page 13 - The Family Shakspeare ; in which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud.
Page 436 - Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation : 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever.
Page 314 - WEEP, daughter of a royal line, A Sire's disgrace, a realm's decay ; Ah ! happy if each tear of thine Could wash a father's fault away ! Weep — for thy tears are Virtue's tears — Auspicious to these suffering isles J And be each drop in future years Repaid thee by thy people's smiles ! March, lSI1 THE CHAIN I GAVE.
Page 178 - There was a good number entertained with good cheer by the chamberlain ; and after dinner they went to hunting the fox : there was a great cry for a mile, and at length the hounds killed him at the end of St. Giles's.
Page 352 - Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine.
Page 6 - Thus having said, the gallant chiefs alight, Their hands they join, their mutual faith they plight ; Brave Glaucus then each narrow thought resign'd, (Jove warm'd his bosom, and enlarged his mind,) For Diomed's brass arms, of mean device, For which nine oxen paid, (a vulgar price,) He gave his own, of gold divinely wrought," A hundred beeves the shining purchase bought.
Page 64 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Page 371 - She was, — but words are wanting to say what ; Think what a wife should be, and she was that !" Pope was fond of writing epitaphs.
Page 196 - tis true : The elder of them, being put to nurse, "Was by a beggar-woman stol'n away ; And, ignorant of his birth and parentage, Became a bricklayer when he came to age : His son am I ; deny it, if you can.
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