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... Meikle , that " the Minister's wife , poor body , would never hold up her head again . " And , in truth , it was as they said . It may be , the seated disease of the mind , by slow but sure degrees , communicated its poison to the body ...
... Meikle , that " the Minister's wife , poor body , would never hold up her head again . " And , in truth , it was as they said . It may be , the seated disease of the mind , by slow but sure degrees , communicated its poison to the body ...
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... Meikle . Worn to a shadow - pale as ashes — feeble as a child — the dying mother had , for many weeks , been unable to quit her chamber ; and the long - hoping hus- band at last felt his spirit faint within him ; for even he perceived ...
... Meikle . Worn to a shadow - pale as ashes — feeble as a child — the dying mother had , for many weeks , been unable to quit her chamber ; and the long - hoping hus- band at last felt his spirit faint within him ; for even he perceived ...
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... Meikle ; of course still more so round about its walls . Servants passed to and fro about the occupations of the house , in- quiring friends and acquaintances came and went , the little motherless girl was seen from time to time busied ...
... Meikle ; of course still more so round about its walls . Servants passed to and fro about the occupations of the house , in- quiring friends and acquaintances came and went , the little motherless girl was seen from time to time busied ...
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... Meikle . At twelve o'clock the church - bell be- gan to toll , and the friends of Mr Blair were seen walking slowly in twos and threes along the green lanes which lead towards the Church and Manse ; while the rest , assembling in the ...
... Meikle . At twelve o'clock the church - bell be- gan to toll , and the friends of Mr Blair were seen walking slowly in twos and threes along the green lanes which lead towards the Church and Manse ; while the rest , assembling in the ...
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... Meikle had , it was likely , work enough upon his hands , if he designed , as was said about Semplehaugh , “ to fill up the vacancy " before summer . I am sorry to say , that this sarcasm was uttered by the same Dr Muir , whose very ...
... Meikle had , it was likely , work enough upon his hands , if he designed , as was said about Semplehaugh , “ to fill up the vacancy " before summer . I am sorry to say , that this sarcasm was uttered by the same Dr Muir , whose very ...
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Page 24 - Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. For he maketh sore, and bindeth up : he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Page 134 - Tell zeal it wants devotion, Tell love it is but lust, Tell time it is but motion, Tell flesh it is but dust. And wish them not reply, For thou must give the lie.
Page 83 - And your wings of the silver grey.' 7. The cock prov'd false, and untrue he was, For he crew an hour oer soon; The lassie thought it day when she sent her love away, And it was but a blink of the moon.
Page 82 - Fantastic passions ! maddening brawl ! And shame and terror over all! Deeds to be hid which were not hid, Which, all confused, I could not know Whether I suffered, or I did: For all seemed guilt, remorse, or woe, — My own or others', still the same Life-stifling fear, soul-stifling shame.
Page 170 - WE talked with open heart, and tongue Affectionate and true, A pair of friends, though I was young, And Matthew seventy-two. We lay beneath a spreading oak, Beside a mossy seat; And from the turf a fountain broke, And gurgled at our feet. 'Now, Matthew...
Page 3 - ... upon one great massy branch that hung over him — his bloodless lips fastened together, as if they had been glued- — his limbs like things entirely destitute of life and motion — every thing about him cold, stiff, and senseless. Minute after minute passed heavily away as in a dream — hour after hour rolled unheeded into the abyss — the stars twinkled through the pine-tops, and disappeared — the moon arose in her glory, rode through the clear autumn heaven, and vanished — and all...
Page 4 - ... hasty footsteps up stairs to the room, where, for some weeks past, he had been accustomed to occupy a solitary bed. The wakeful servants heard him shut his door behind him ; one of them having gone out anxiously, had traced him to his privacy, but none of them had ventured to think of disturbing it. Until he had come back, not one of them thought of going to bed. Now, however, they did so, and the house of sorrow was all over silent.
Page 3 - The storm of desolation was followed by a lowering state of repose. He lay insensible alike to all things, stretched out at all his length, with his eyes fixed in a stupid stedfastness upon one great massy branch that hung over him — his bloodless lips fastened together, as if they had been glued — his limbs like things entirely destitute of life and motion — every thing about him cold, stiff, and senseless. Minute after minute passed heavily away as in a dream...
Page 279 - M'Ewan appeared, he was saluted with one universal shout of horror — a huzza of mingled joy and triumph, and execration and laughter : — cats, rats, every filth of the pillory, showered about the gibbet. I was close by his elbow at that terrific moment, and I laid my finger on his wrist. As I live, there was never a calmer pulse in this world — slow, full, strong ; — I feel the iron beat of it at this moment. There happened to be a slight drizzle of rain at the moment; observing which, he...