The Caledonian, Volume 18Caledonian Publishing Company, 1918 |
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Page 68
... Sheila ! " - that was all he said ; and then he turned to the horses , and sent them on , with his head down to escape the rain , and a look on his face like that of a dead man . As he drove through the town of Storno- way , the ...
... Sheila ! " - that was all he said ; and then he turned to the horses , and sent them on , with his head down to escape the rain , and a look on his face like that of a dead man . As he drove through the town of Storno- way , the ...
Page 69
... Sheila wrote to me to Suainabost , and she said I might come down again from Suainabost and see if I can be of any help to you in the house . " The girl was crying , although the blue eyes looked bravely through the tears as if to ...
... Sheila wrote to me to Suainabost , and she said I might come down again from Suainabost and see if I can be of any help to you in the house . " The girl was crying , although the blue eyes looked bravely through the tears as if to ...
Page 70
... Sheila go away among stran- gers that do not know her family , and will put no store by her , no more than if she wass a fisherman's lass . It wass Miss Sheila her- self had a sore heart tis morning when she went away - and she turned ...
... Sheila go away among stran- gers that do not know her family , and will put no store by her , no more than if she wass a fisherman's lass . It wass Miss Sheila her- self had a sore heart tis morning when she went away - and she turned ...
Page 71
... Sheila . He walked away from the house , and up the hill behind . Led by the sound of the pipes , that grew louder and more unearthly as he approached , he found himself at length on a bit of high tableland overlooking the sea , where ...
... Sheila . He walked away from the house , and up the hill behind . Led by the sound of the pipes , that grew louder and more unearthly as he approached , he found himself at length on a bit of high tableland overlooking the sea , where ...
Page 72
... Sheila's songs . She had sung it the night before in this very room ; and her father had listened to her describing ... Sheila , my good lass , why did you go away from Borva ? " Chapter II THE FAIR - HAIRED STRANGER " Why , you must be ...
... Sheila's songs . She had sung it the night before in this very room ; and her father had listened to her describing ... Sheila , my good lass , why did you go away from Borva ? " Chapter II THE FAIR - HAIRED STRANGER " Why , you must be ...
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Page 221 - With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and, everything that's in it, And— which is more— you'll be a Man, my son!
Page 310 - I'm the chief of Ulva's isle, and this, Lord Ullin's daughter; And fast before her father's men three days we've fled together; For, should he find us in the glen, my blood would stain the heather. His horsemen hard behind us ride ; should they our steps discover, Then who will cheer my bonny bride when they have slain her lover?
Page 30 - Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul ? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?
Page 67 - Past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast, And the days are dark and dreary. Be still, sad heart ! and cease repining ; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining ; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.
Page 405 - If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind...
Page 67 - And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays: Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers...
Page 16 - Tho' his vessel was all but a wreck ; And it chanced that, when half of the short summer night was gone, With a grisly wound to be drest he had left the deck, But a bullet struck him that was dressing it suddenly dead, And himself he was wounded again in the side and in the head, And he said, "Fight on ! Fight on...
Page 31 - And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones : and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Page 134 - But all things are of God. who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation; to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses, and having committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
Page 269 - Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea ; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he saith cometh to pass ; he shall have it.