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... Castle , and imprisoned . That same night , Stoddart the smith was seized , and he was committed to the Castle also ; as was like- wise Traill the journeyman wright , who were all severally ex I owe this curious illustration to the ...
... Castle , and imprisoned . That same night , Stoddart the smith was seized , and he was committed to the Castle also ; as was like- wise Traill the journeyman wright , who were all severally ex I owe this curious illustration to the ...
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... castle of Wolf's Crag has been identified by some lover of locality with that of Fast Castle . The author is not competent to judge of the resemblance betwixt the real and imaginary scene , having never seen Fast Castle except from the ...
... castle of Wolf's Crag has been identified by some lover of locality with that of Fast Castle . The author is not competent to judge of the resemblance betwixt the real and imaginary scene , having never seen Fast Castle except from the ...
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... castle , of which only the ruins are now visible . Its ancient proprietors were a race of powerful and warlike barons , who bore the same name with the castle itself , which was Ravens- wood . Their line extended to a remote period of ...
... castle , of which only the ruins are now visible . Its ancient proprietors were a race of powerful and warlike barons , who bore the same name with the castle itself , which was Ravens- wood . Their line extended to a remote period of ...
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... castle and its inhabitants . Bucklaw , with many qualities which would have made him a man of worth and judgment in more fa- vourable circumstances , had been so utterly neglected The unwary grooms had no sooner hurried out , in in ...
... castle and its inhabitants . Bucklaw , with many qualities which would have made him a man of worth and judgment in more fa- vourable circumstances , had been so utterly neglected The unwary grooms had no sooner hurried out , in in ...
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... castle , or whether through the violent concussion of the air , several heavy stones were hurled from the mouldering bat- tlements into the roaring sea beneath . It might seem as if the ancient founder of the castle were bestriding the ...
... castle , or whether through the violent concussion of the air , several heavy stones were hurled from the mouldering bat- tlements into the roaring sea beneath . It might seem as if the ancient founder of the castle were bestriding the ...
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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.