"Torn from their destined page (unworthy meed Of knightly counsel and heroic deed)."

"How pure the joy, when first my hands unfold The small, rare volume, black with tarnished gold!"

"The princeps copy, clad in blue and gold."

"Yes! I could find some comfort in the thought Of being scourged, Were there but hope that this defiling sin Which mar…"

"O to be like my Lord! Yet must I be Mine own self too, And to the nature He bestowed on me Be frankly true.The olive …"

"There is a sort of republican plainness and simplicity in their address, quite in harmony with the institutions of th…"

"The devout and politically free inhabitant of New England is a kind of Laocoön who makes not the least effort to esca…"

"The process in England...is to ring for the chambermaid; but in America there are no bells, and no chambermaids. You …"

"Minnie, I canna caa my wheel, or spin the oo or twine the tweel. It's luve a laddie whammles me. Ech, the wanchancie …"

"Caller rain frae abune reeshles amang the epple-trees: the leaves are soughan wi the breeze, and sleep faas drappan d…"