The portrait of a Christian gentleman, a memoir of P. F. TytlerJ. Murray, 1859 - 356 strán (strany) |
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... delight had been to embellish his grounds , to extend his plantations , and to improve the dwellings of his cottagers , " an occupation in which he found himself every day rewarded by seeing the face of nature and of man brightening ...
... delight had been to embellish his grounds , to extend his plantations , and to improve the dwellings of his cottagers , " an occupation in which he found himself every day rewarded by seeing the face of nature and of man brightening ...
Strana 29
... delightful stories , generally the pro- ductions of his fertile brain at the moment , and continued for more than one day at a time . Sometimes they were legends of the old Covenanters : for at no great distance from where we were ...
... delightful stories , generally the pro- ductions of his fertile brain at the moment , and continued for more than one day at a time . Sometimes they were legends of the old Covenanters : for at no great distance from where we were ...
Strana 31
... delight to train his creepers in the most tasteful , elegant manner ; all around had the appearance of taste and culti- vation , and every means was taken to convert a very ordi- nary thatched cottage into a most comfortable - looking ...
... delight to train his creepers in the most tasteful , elegant manner ; all around had the appearance of taste and culti- vation , and every means was taken to convert a very ordi- nary thatched cottage into a most comfortable - looking ...
Strana 37
... delightful stories , and resigning when Mackintosh seemed eager to be heard . Lord Jeffery flashed in with something brilliant , but was in turn outshone by some more fortunate talker . So much impatience was felt to lead the ...
... delightful stories , and resigning when Mackintosh seemed eager to be heard . Lord Jeffery flashed in with something brilliant , but was in turn outshone by some more fortunate talker . So much impatience was felt to lead the ...
Strana 41
... delight- ful period is afforded by his subsequent correspondence , which shall not be anticipated . Certainly , if ever a father was idolized by a band of amiable and intelligent children , that man was Lord Woodhouselee . He was the ...
... delight- ful period is afforded by his subsequent correspondence , which shall not be anticipated . Certainly , if ever a father was idolized by a band of amiable and intelligent children , that man was Lord Woodhouselee . He was the ...
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Strana 5 - Answers by reverends and right reverends came out two or three in a year; and I found by Dr Warburton's railing, that the books were beginning to be esteemed in good company.
Strana 82 - I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
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Strana 356 - Smith haa proceeded, and the careful, scholar-like manner in which he has carried it out. The great distinctive feature, however, is the chapters on Literature and Art. This gives it a decided advantage over all previous works o/the kind.— Atlienaeum.
Strana 26 - Cum semel occideris et de te splendida. Minos Fecerit arbitria, Non, Torquate, genus, non te facundia, non te Restituet pietas.
Strana 199 - But as we descended the vale of the Gala he began to gaze about him, and by degrees it was obvious that he was recognizing the features of that familiar landscape. Presently he murmured a name or two, — Gala Water, surely, — Buckholm, — Torwoodlee.