ISBN: 9781458949646

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1864. Not illustrat… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1864. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXXI. Tell me not of It, friend--when the young weep, Their tears are hike-warm hrine;--from our old eye* Sorrow falls down like hail-drops of the North, Chilling the farrows of our withered cheeks, Cold as our hopes, and hardened as our feeling-- Theirs, as they fell, sink sightless--ours recoil, Heap the fair plain, and bleaken all before us. Old Flat. The Antiquary, being now alone, hastened his pace, which had been retarded by these various discussions, and the rencontre which had closed them, and soon arrived before the half-dozen cottages at Mussel-crag. They had now, in addition to their usual squalid and uncomfortable appearance, the melancholy attributes of the house of mourning. The boats were all drawn up on the beach; and, though the day was fine, and the season favourable, the chant, which is used by the fishers when at sea, was silent, as well as the prattle of the children, and the shrill song of the mother, as she sits mending her nets .by the door. A few of the neighbours, some in their antique and well-sayed suits of black, others in their ordinary clothes, but all bearing an expression of mournful sympathy with distress so sudden and unexpected, stood gathered around the door of Mucklebackit''s cottage, waiting till the body was lifted. As the Laird of Monkbarns approached, they made way for him to enter,''doffing their hats and bonnets as he passed, with an air of melancholy courtesy, and he returned their salutes in the same manner. In the inside of the cottage, was a scene which our Wilkie alone could have painted, with that exquisite feeling of nature that characterizes his enchanting productions. The body was laid in its coffin within the wooden bedstead which the young fisher had occupied while alive. At a little distance stood... Sir Walter Scott, Books, History, Waverly Novels (volume 6); The Black Dwarf. A Legend Of Montrose Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 1458949648

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ISBN: 1458949648

Taschenbuch, [EAN: 9781458949646], Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Book, [PU: Cambridge Scholars Publishing], Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 65140011, Geschi… More...

Taschenbuch, [EAN: 9781458949646], Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Book, [PU: Cambridge Scholars Publishing], Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 65140011, Geschichte, 65141011, Afrika, 65383011, Altertum, 65196011, Amerika, 65622011, Arktis & Antarktis, 65400011, Asien, 65450011, Australien & Ozeanien, 65458011, Europa, 65538011, Historische Forschung, 65567011, Militär, 65621011, Militärwissenschaft, 65550011, Nahost, 65449011, Russland, 65597011, Weltgeschichte, 54071011, Genres, 52044011, Fremdsprachige Bücher<

ISBN: 1458949648

Taschenbuch, [EAN: 9781458949646], Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Book, [PU: Cambridge Scholars Publishing], Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 65140011, Geschi… More...

Taschenbuch, [EAN: 9781458949646], Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Book, [PU: Cambridge Scholars Publishing], Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 65140011, Geschichte, 65141011, Afrika, 65383011, Altertum, 65196011, Amerika, 65622011, Arktis & Antarktis, 65400011, Asien, 65450011, Australien & Ozeanien, 65458011, Europa, 65538011, Historische Forschung, 65567011, Militär, 65621011, Militärwissenschaft, 65550011, Nahost, 65449011, Russland, 65597011, Weltgeschichte, 54071011, Genres, 52044011, Fremdsprachige Bücher<