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John Wilson:Noctes Ambrosianae Volume 1 (Paperback)
- Taschenbuch 2013, ISBN: 1230319115
[EAN: 9781230319117], Neubuch, [PU: Theclassics.Us, United States], Language: English . Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing … Mehr…
[EAN: 9781230319117], Neubuch, [PU: Theclassics.Us, United States], Language: English . Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 edition. Excerpt: . THE SHEPHERD S SECRET. 91 your cigar, and puff away like a steam-engine--though ye ken I just detest smokin;--for I hae a secret to communicate--a secret o some pith and moment, Mr Tickler; and I want to see your face in a the strength o its maist natural expression, when I am lettin you intil t.--Fill your glass, sir. Tickler. Don t tell it to me, James--don t tell it to me; for the greatest enjoyment I have in this life is to let out a secret--especially if it has been confided to me as a matter of life and death. Shepherd. I ll rin a hazards. I maun out wi t to you; for I hae aye had the most profoun respect for your abeelities, and I hae a pleasure in geein you the start o the world for four-and-twenty hours.--I am noo the Yeditor o Blackwood s Magazine. Tickler. Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Shepherd. Why, you see, sir, they couldna do without me. North s gettin verra auld--and, between you and me, rather doited--crabbed to the contributors, and--come hither wi your lug--no verra ceevil to Ebony himsel;--so out comes letter upon letter to me, in Yarrow yonder, fu o the maist magnificent offers--indeed, telling me to fix my ain terms; and faith, just to get rid o the endless fash o letters by the carrier, I druve into toun here, in the Whusky, through Peebles, on the Saturday o the hard frost, and that same night was installed into the Yeditorship in the Sanctum Sanctorum. Tickler. Well, James, all that Eussian affair1 is a joke to this. Nicholas, Constantine, and the old Mother-Empress, may go to the devil and shake themselves, now that you, my dear, dear Shepherd, are raised to the Scottish throne. Shepherd. Wha wad hae thocht it, Mr Tickler, --wha wad hae thocht it--that day when I first entered the.<
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BEISPIEL
John Wilson:Noctes Ambrosianae Volume 1 (Paperback)
- Taschenbuch 2013, ISBN: 1230319115
[EAN: 9781230319117], Neubuch, [PU: Theclassics.Us, United States], Language: English . Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing t… Mehr…
[EAN: 9781230319117], Neubuch, [PU: Theclassics.Us, United States], Language: English . Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 edition. Excerpt: . THE SHEPHERD S SECRET. 91 your cigar, and puff away like a steam-engine--though ye ken I just detest smokin;--for I hae a secret to communicate--a secret o some pith and moment, Mr Tickler; and I want to see your face in a the strength o its maist natural expression, when I am lettin you intil t.--Fill your glass, sir. Tickler. Don t tell it to me, James--don t tell it to me; for the greatest enjoyment I have in this life is to let out a secret--especially if it has been confided to me as a matter of life and death. Shepherd. I ll rin a hazards. I maun out wi t to you; for I hae aye had the most profoun respect for your abeelities, and I hae a pleasure in geein you the start o the world for four-and-twenty hours.--I am noo the Yeditor o Blackwood s Magazine. Tickler. Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Shepherd. Why, you see, sir, they couldna do without me. North s gettin verra auld--and, between you and me, rather doited--crabbed to the contributors, and--come hither wi your lug--no verra ceevil to Ebony himsel;--so out comes letter upon letter to me, in Yarrow yonder, fu o the maist magnificent offers--indeed, telling me to fix my ain terms; and faith, just to get rid o the endless fash o letters by the carrier, I druve into toun here, in the Whusky, through Peebles, on the Saturday o the hard frost, and that same night was installed into the Yeditorship in the Sanctum Sanctorum. Tickler. Well, James, all that Eussian affair1 is a joke to this. Nicholas, Constantine, and the old Mother-Empress, may go to the devil and shake themselves, now that you, my dear, dear Shepherd, are raised to the Scottish throne. Shepherd. Wha wad hae thocht it, Mr Tickler, --wha wad hae thocht it--that day when I first entered the.<
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