Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 15

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Longmans, Green, 1877
 

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Page 322 - E'en drown'd himsel amang the nappy. As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure: Kings may be blest but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o
Page 328 - In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord.
Page 72 - Il m'enseigne à n'avoir affection pour rien ; De toutes amitiés il détache mon âme ; Et je verrais mourir frère, enfants, mère et femme, Que je m'en soucierais autant que de cela.
Page 76 - D'expier son forfait. On le lui fit bien voir. Selon que vous serez puissant ou misérable, Les jugements de cour vous rendront blanc ou noir.
Page 462 - Which is an honest and a thriving way: — and yet as much for bravery may be given to him, in this action, as to a man. Honest men served you faithfully in this action. Sir, they are trusty ; I beseech you, in the name of God, not to discourage them.
Page 65 - To save th' expence of Christian blood, And try if we by mediation Of treaty and accommodation Can end the quarrel, and compose The bloody duel, without blows. Are not our liberties, our lives, The laws, religion, and our wives...
Page 720 - What are these, So wither'd, and so wild in their attire ; That look not like the inhabitants o...
Page 601 - ... before some justice of the peace to be dealt with according to law, and that justice shall with all convenient despatch try the case in a summary manner.
Page 720 - Live you ? or are you aught That man may question ? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips. — You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so.
Page 730 - ... the Forfeiture or Forfeitures was or were incurred, and shall when levied be paid one moiety to the informer, and the other...

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