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Such a sept as the Macdonalds were, rude and scorning, though brave and hospitable, is found no more; and as impossible is it to conceive in our country such a massacre as that of Glencoe, or such persecution as that of the Covenanters.—Rev. G. Gilfillan.

To Palestine hastened the hero so bold, His love, she lamented him sore; But scarce had a twelvemonth elapsed, when, behold! A baron, all covered with jewels and gold, Arrived at fair Imogene's door.—M. G. Lewis.

Set thou thy thrust upon the Lord, And be thou doing good, And so thou in the land shalt dwell, And verily have food.—Book of Psalms.

Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just; And he but naked, though locked up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted. —Shakspeare.

No hand is present to ease the dying posture, or to bind up the wounds, which, in the maddening fury of the combat, have been given and received by the children of one common Father.—Dr Chalmers.

Lady Clara Vere de Vere, Some meeker pupil you must find; For, were you queen of all that is, I could not stoop to such a mind.—Tennyson.