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Pagina 109
... Sir William Hamilton of Whitelaw , a rival of Lord Stair for the situation of President of the Court of Session ; a ... Ashton may be supposed to possess to the celebrated Dame Margaret Ross , the reader must not suppose that there was any ...
... Sir William Hamilton of Whitelaw , a rival of Lord Stair for the situation of President of the Court of Session ; a ... Ashton may be supposed to possess to the celebrated Dame Margaret Ross , the reader must not suppose that there was any ...
Pagina 114
... Lord Keeper ( for to this height Sir William Ashton had ascended ) had , previous to the final purchase of the estate of Ravenswood , been concerned in extensive pecuniary transactions with the former proprietor ; and , rather ...
... Lord Keeper ( for to this height Sir William Ashton had ascended ) had , previous to the final purchase of the estate of Ravenswood , been concerned in extensive pecuniary transactions with the former proprietor ; and , rather ...
Pagina 115
... Ashton was seldom mentioned in the terms of love or affection . Interest , the inter- est of her family , if not her ... Sir William Ashton's rank man had opened his prayer - book , an officer of the and character . But there was ...
... Ashton was seldom mentioned in the terms of love or affection . Interest , the inter- est of her family , if not her ... Sir William Ashton's rank man had opened his prayer - book , an officer of the and character . But there was ...
Pagina 116
... Sir William Ashton's life . His appearance was grave and even noble , well and it was not , save after long and intimate convers becoming one who held a high office in the state ! sation with him upon topics of pressing and personal ...
... Sir William Ashton's life . His appearance was grave and even noble , well and it was not , save after long and intimate convers becoming one who held a high office in the state ! sation with him upon topics of pressing and personal ...
Pagina 117
... Sir William Ashton , his father's ancient an- tagonist , could not but appear odious and invidious . While he was in the act of composition , labouring to find words which might indicate Edgar Ravenswood to be the cause of the uproar ...
... Sir William Ashton , his father's ancient an- tagonist , could not but appear odious and invidious . While he was in the act of composition , labouring to find words which might indicate Edgar Ravenswood to be the cause of the uproar ...
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Allan ancient answered auld bairn Balderstone better betwixt Bucklaw Butler Caleb called canna Captain Dalgetty castle Covenanters Craigengelt Crossmyloof daughter David Deans dinna door Drumthwacket Duke of Argyle Dumbiedikes Edinburgh Effie eyes father favour fear feelings frae gang gentleman George Staunton gude hand Hayston head heard heart Highland honour hope horse Inverary Jeanie Deans Jeanie's Jedediah Cleishbotham Lady Ashton Laird Libberton look Lord Keeper Lord Menteith Lucy M'Aulay Madge mair Marquis Master of Ravenswood maun means ment Middleburgh mind Montrose muckle never night occasion ower person poor Porteous Ranald Ratcliffe replied Reuben Roseneath Saddletree Scotland Scottish seemed Sharpit Sharpitlaw Sir Duncan Sir William Ashton sister soldier speak Staunton suld sword tell thing thou thought tion tone turn voice weel whilk Wildfire Wolf's Crag woman word young
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Pagina 61 - But when the hour of trouble comes to the mind or to the body — and seldom may it visit your Leddyship — and when the hour of death comes, that comes to high and low — lang and late may it be yours — O, my Leddy, then it isna what we hae dune for oursells, but what we hae dune for others, that we think on maist pleasantly.
Pagina 276 - Swine, fool, swine," said the herd, "every fool knows that." "And swine is good Saxon," said the Jester; "but how call you the sow when she is flayed, and drawn, and quartered, and hung up by the heels, like a traitor?" "Pork," answered the swine-herd. "I am very glad every fool knows that too...
Pagina 275 - ... delights to lose itself, while imagination considers them as the paths to yet wilder scenes of silvan solitude. Here the red rays of the sun shot a broken and discoloured light, that partially hung upon the shattered boughs and mossy trunks of the trees, and there they illuminated in brilliant patches the portions of turf to which they made their way. A considerable open space, in the midst of this glade, seemed formerly to have been dedicated to the rites of Druidical...
Pagina 274 - Roman soldiery, flung their gnarled arms over a thick carpet of the most delicious green sward ; in some places they were intermingled with beeches, hollies, and copsewood of various descriptions, so closely as totally to intercept the level beams of the sinking sun ; in others they receded from each other, forming those long sweeping vistas, in the intricacy of which the eye delights to lose itself, while imagination considers them as the paths to yet wilder scenes of sylvan solitude.