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Did I but purpose to embark with thee On the smooth surface of a summer sea, And would forsake the skiff and make the shore When the winds whistle and the tempests roa…
At last comes the troop, by the word of command Drawn up in our court, where the Captain cries, Stand! Swift Major Bellenden's ancient vale…
Their breakfast so warm to be sure they did eat, A custom in travellers mighty discreet. Prior. The breakfast of Lady Margaret Bellend…
O, my Lord, beware of jealousy! Othello. To explain the deep effect which the few broken passages of the conversation we have detailed made upon the unfortunat…
My hounds may a' rin masterless, My hawks may fly frae tree to tree, My lord may grip my vassal lands, For there again maun I never be…
Quantum in nobis, we've thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the…
With many a stout thwack and many a bang, Hard crab-tree and old iron rang. Hudibras. Cornet Richard Grahame descended the hill, bearing in his hand the extempore flag of truce…
But see! through the fast-flashing lightnings of war, What steed to the desert flies frantic and far? Campbell. During the severe skirmish …
When pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick. Hudibras. In the meantime, the insurgent cavalry returned from the pursuit, jade…
Why, then, say an old man can do somewhat. Henry IV. Part II. We must now return to the tower of Tillietudlem, which the march of the Life-Guards, on the morning of this eventful…
