Robin Gray: A Novel, Volumen1Blackie & Son, 1869 - 288 páginas |
Términos y frases comunes
Adam Lindsay's afore answer Askaig auld bannock bawbee bide bidin brig byre Cairnieford canna Clashgirn Colin couldna dark didna dinna ken Donald doon door drooned ejaculated eyes face fash father fear fire frae gaed awa gang Girzie Todd Girzie's glancing guid guidwife haena hame hand happy head heard heart himsel hope Hutcheson Ivan Carrach James Falcon Jeames Jeamie Jeanie Jeanie's jist ken'd kindly kirk knew Laird lass lassie Lindsay look mair marriage married matter maun McWhapple micht Mister Gray Monduff morn mother muckle mysel naebody naething never night onything ower Portlappoch puir richt road Robin Gray round sail seemed skipper speak spite spoke syne there's thing thocht thought turned voice Wattie Wattie's waur weel What's wrang whilst wife wind winna woman word ye hae ye'll ye're yoursel
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Página 48 - Under these circumstances, and in this frame, Burns composed — THE BONNIE BANKS OF AYR. The gloomy night is gathering fast, Loud roars the wild inconstant blast, Yon murky cloud is foul with rain, I see it driving o'er the plain : The hunter now has left the moor, The scatter'd coveys meet secure, While here I wander, prest with care, Along the lonely banks of Ayr.
Página 154 - My father urged me sair — my mither didna speak, But she looked in my face till my heart was like to break...
Página 117 - DARK lowers the night o'er the wide stormy main, Till mild rosy morning rise cheerful again ; Alas! morn returns to revisit the shore; But Connel returns to his Flora no more. For see, on yon mountain the dark cloud of death O'er Connel's lone cottage, lies low on the heath ; While bloody and pale on a far distant shore He lies, to return to his Flora no more. Ye light fleeting spirits that glide o'er the steep...
Página 284 - And lie obscur'd in endless night For each poor silly speech of mine ? Dear child, how could I wrong thy name? Thy form so fair, and faultless stands, That could ill tongues abuse thy fame, Thy beauty could make large amends: Or if I durst profanely try Thy beauty's pow'rful charms t' upbraid, Thy virtue well might give the lie, Nor call thy beauty to its aid. For Venus every heart t' ensnare, With all her charms has deck'd thy face, And Pallas, with unusual care, Bids wisdom heighten every grace.
Página 172 - Then, fy, let us a' to the wedding, For they will be lilting there, For Jock's to be married to Maggie, The lass wi
Página 135 - Wi' a poor broken heart! Or what's to me a siller croun Gin frae my love I part! The mind wha's every wish is pure Far dearer is to me ; And ere I'm forced to break my faith I'll lay me doun an' dee. For I hae pledg'd my virgin troth Brave Donald's fate to share; And he has gi'en to me his heart, Wi' a
Página 202 - EACH whirl of the wheel, Each step brings me nearer The hame of my youth — Every object grows dearer, Thae hills and thae huts, And thae trees on that green, Losh ! they glower in my face Like some kindly auld frien'.
Página 81 - When lightning parts the thunder-cloud That blackens all the sea, And tempests sough through sail and shroud, Even then I think on thee, Mary. SHEPHERDESS. I wrap me in that keep-sake plaid, And lie doun 'mang the snaw ; While frozen are the tears I shed For him that's far awa', Willy ! SAILOB. We sail past mouy a bonny isle, Wi...
Página 255 - He had passed through the frenzy of his shattered hopes, the storm of angry passions, and had reached the light wherein he saw how much he had wronged her by his thoughts of the past night and how much he owed her now. It seemed to him as if he heard the...