dy when fancying the poor old peer, accustomed to his easy chair by the fireside, and his newspaper, thus launched into the air, like a spider on a thread, and swinging about in the wind.k 24. All true Highlanders must lament, that a Fraser, one of the clan, incurred the disgrace of betraying his chief, who was traced to a large tree on his own property, and yielded himself up, saying, "It is not your cleverness that has caught me now, but fourscore and four." 25. When death became inevitable, he encountered it with extraordinary hardihood; and the fall of a scaffold having killed several spectators, at the very moment of his execution, he turned round, saying, "Aye! the mair mischief the better sport !"y 26. The ancestors at Cawdor Castle evidently did not sit to the best artists. They seem to have worn armor and fullbottomed wigs like other people, and though we could not quite distinguish the ladies from the gentlemen, they all have the usual allowance of eyes and noses, yet in respect to their beauty, least said is perhaps soonest mended, but some of them were most ineffable looking. 27. In ancient times, heiresses were obliged occasionally to make very unexpected journeys; and here Muriella Calder, who inherited Calder, now Cawdor Castle, was carried off in 1510, without being much consulted on the subject, by the Campbells, and married to the Earl of Argyle's second son. His coat of arms and initials are placed over the entrance, and magnificently emblazoned also on a curious antique chimneypiece." d 28. A more recent transaction of this kind did not end quite so well. A brother of the first Duke of Argyle carried off an English heiress, Miss Wharton, but the marriage was immediately dissolved. The culprit himself escaped any severer penalty, but Sir John Johnston, who had assisted in the frolic, was hanged. 29. One ancestor, wearing a Nova Scotia ribbon, whose portrait was introduced to us, seems to have been a perfect Samson. An iron gate is shown, with bars fit for Newgate, which tradition assures us, upon its veracity, that this gentleman carried upon his back fifteen miles! The worthy housekeeper believes with all her might, as in duty bound, but I should like to have seen it done. 30. One room here is hung entirely round with tapestry about two hundred years old, said to be the work of Lady Henrietta Stewart's own individual needle, but she could as easily have carried the iron gate," as manufactured all we saw,k in which she was of course assisted by a phalanx of maids. 31. The wall behind these hangings is not even plastered, but this fine old tapestry grates against a rough stone wall, being hung up, as children wear their pinafores, to conceal defects; and now, having explored as carefully, from the kitchen to the sky-lights, as if the house were to be let furnished, seen Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays," we took leave of our worthy old cicerone with the customary ceremony, as housekeepers must all have their hands crossed with silver or gold, like gypsies, which I would much rather do to hear stories of the past, than prophecies of the future. 32. On our way home we drove through the charming grounds of Kilravock, a place which has been possessed these 700 years by a succession, from father to son, of upwards of twenty proprietors, who, with one exception, were all named "Hugh Rose," or, according to the ancient spelling, Roos, which sounds more distinguished than the mere cottage designation of a shortlived flower.t 33. At Kilravock the lawn is cut into beds of brilliant shrubs, enclosed by picturesque palings of rough stakes, interspersed with creepers, while some of the plants are growing in baskets raised five feet from the ground, for the benefit of loungers too lazy to stoop when they pick a nosegay.t 34. We wished to examine the old square tower of Kilravock, which seems cast in the same mould as that of Cawdor Castle, and belonged to a family of still greater importance, who were Barons; for though Shakspeare has magnified the importance of the Thane of Cawdor, and gives the pas to Thanes, that is quite a mistake in respect both to the importance and the precedency of the title.t 35. When we requested admittance to an old hall hung with ancient armor, the powdered footman looked as much astonished and perplexed, as if we had asked to see a residence in Portman Square or St. James' Street, and protested there was actually nothing to see. Though the tower looked as high, grand, and dismal as that in Blue-Beard's Castle, from which y Anne, sister Anne," could seeo° nobody coming, yet, upon his credible testimony, we unwillingly gavem up the point, and threw Kilravock to the winds, "but if the winds won't have it, to the waves," rather grudging the time and trouble wasted on a vain attempt. 36. I should like to occupy my moments as conscientiously as the celebrated Wesley, who never allowed himself to pass a minute unemployed, and when detained once at a door for ten minutes, as we were at Kilravock, was heard to exclaim, in a tone of regret,y "I have lost ten minutes for ever!"" Moment by moment, years are past, a Why a dash ? e Why a capital? sound. m § 44. 3. d§ 43. 1. b Why a comma? c Why a semicolon f§ 45. g § 25. 1. h§ 46. k Give the vowel n § 26. 3. o § 43. 6. p§ 57. t Why a period? 9 Why an exclamation? y What is a quotation? No. 1. What is said of Lord Cullen ? What had they seen? What is the age of Cawdor Castle? What is said of the housekeeper and furniture? Describe the chairs; the door; the wainscot; the entrance. What is said of Golden Grove? By whom, and to whom, was it bequeathed? What is said of the kitchen, the cook, and the scullery? What is said of the large iron box? Where did the donkey stop? What is said of this thorn tree? What is said of the gooseberry bush? Whose armor was there? At how many places was this man murdered? Describe the ascent of the staircase and door. What accident happened in this room? Describe a bed which was shown to them. Describe this place. What were a few miles off? Where and how did Lord Lovat escape? What did he say when he yielded himself up? What was his remark when the scaffold fell? What is said of their costume? What became of Muriella Calder? What of the brother of the Duke of Argyle? What is said of one ancestor? What is said of one particular room? By whom and how long was Kilravock possessed? What is the appearance of the tower? What is said of Wesley? Where did they next go? No. 2. Adventures, descendant, disconsolate, conducted, concourse, frequently, enclose, occasional, firmness, faithfully, disappointment, concealment, disgrace, succession, precedency, admittance, credible, mistake, designation, conceal. No. 3. Ar-ly for ear-ly, be-in for be-ing, ruff for roof, mild for mile. No. 4. Min'ute and minu'te, en'trance and entrance', confin'e and con'fine, re'fuse and ref'use, per'fect and perfect'. No. 6. Give the reason for all the pauses in the last verse. No. 7. Great and grate, peer and pier, seem and seam, rase and raise, scene and seen, no and know, way and weigh. No. 8. § 3. 8. 9. 11. 4. § 5. No. 9. Newspaper, fireside, housekeeper, sometimes, staircase, frontispiece. No. 10. Mention the different subjects, predicates and objects in the second verse. No. 12. Spell and define the third verse. !?. """ in composition? LESSON XXVIII. THE SIEGE OF VALENCIA. [Present, Elmina, Gonzalez, Ximena.] Elmi. Oh! I have stood Beside thee through the beating storms of life,a Gon. Urge me not, Thou that through all sharp conflicts hast been found Worthy a brave man's love, oh! urge me not To guilt, which through the midst of blinding tears, In its own hues thou seest not!-Death may scarce Bring aught like this !e Elmi. All, all thy gentle race, The beautiful beings that around thee grew, Wilt thou doom them all? -She too, thy daughter-doth her smile unmarked Pass from thee, with its radiance, day by day? Shadows are gathering round her seest thou not? The misty dimness of the spoiler's breath Hangs o'er her beauty, and the face which made The summer of our hearts, now doth but send With every glance, deep bodings through the soul,d Telling of early fate. Gon. I see a change Far nobler on her brow!-She is as one, Who, at the trumpet's sudden call, hath risen From the gay banquet, and in scorn cast down The wine-cup, and the garland, and the lute Burns quenchless, being of heaven!-She hath put on Binding the warrior'ss wounds, and bearing fresh Of gentle fortitude, and bless the fair Elmi. And seest thou not In that high faith and strong collectedness, Xim. Alas! this may not be, Mother! I cannot. (Exit Ximena.) Gon. My heroic child! -A terrible sacrifice thou claimest, O God! Elmi. Is't thus in thine? Away!-what time is given thee to resolve |