Stanley Buxton: Or, The Schoolfellows, Svazek 3Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1832 |
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Strana 18 - A MAN of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds...
Strana 105 - April. 0 wad some Power the giftie gie us To see ourselves as others see us...
Strana 309 - Mr. Gait's volume should invariably accompany the collected works of the Poet, to the mischief of some of which it would act as an antidote. It cannot fail to be popular, for it is the only complete record extant of the whole life of one of the most remarkable men of any age or country.
Strana 134 - At times there is manifested a condition of "how happy could I be with either, were t'other fair charmer away"— there is a conflict of attractions. There is more "flirting" and "affairs of the heart" in the world of Atoms than in the region of the Molecules, for while the latter are apt to seek only the companionship of their own "family," or some nearly related family, the Atoms have quite a number of possible...
Strana 196 - ... full of meat, and he has plenty of skins. He don't drink spirits, and if he has tobacco for smoking and powder and ball, what else can he want?" " Happy are they whose wants are so few," observed Mr. Campbell. " A man in whatever position in life, if he is content, is certain to be happy. How true are the words of the poet — ' Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long 1 ' Malachi Bone is a happier man than hundreds in England who live in luxury.
Strana 308 - Altogether, the fate of our leading characters has not been essentially different from the common run of the world, and the moral of our tale should therefore be, that it is not the event, but the way in which it affects us, that makes the good or evil of life ; so wishing all our friends many happy returns of the season, we respectfully take our leave.
Strana 221 - Away, ye greedy beasts!" said Sibby, with emotion, as she brushed them off with her hand. " We live, Laird," she added, " in a changeful world, and I am not to expect that it is to be more steadfast in the parish of Greenknowes with you and me, than among kings and queens in the capital cities of the earth ; but if it must come to pass that I shall be obligated to quit the bonny heights and houghs of the Gowans, I hope that I shall be enabled to submit with a resigned heart.
Strana 220 - Laird then pondering and pacing in the avenue, on seeing her, walked towards the yard where she was sprinkling her grains before her numerous dependents, and said, " These poor things, Miss Sibby, I doubt, would miss you if I were taking a wife.
Strana 93 - There is no speculation in those eyes that thou dost glare with; for this is the Temple of the Muses, &c.
Strana 223 - Poor duckies ! that look up so comical with your pawkie eyne, you'll maybe see another face at this work ere lang ; and you, ye long bare-leggit bubblyjocks, I could almost find in my heart to give you another handful ; — there, take it, and good be with you a...