The Waverley Novels, Volume 2Lippincott, Grambo, 1855 |
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... Deans , syne it was quivis , and now I heard ve sav cuivis that had the parks at St. Leonard's taken ? and has with my ain ears , as plain as ever I heard a word at she not a sister ? " the fore - bar . " " Give me your patience , Mr ...
... Deans , syne it was quivis , and now I heard ve sav cuivis that had the parks at St. Leonard's taken ? and has with my ain ears , as plain as ever I heard a word at she not a sister ? " the fore - bar . " " Give me your patience , Mr ...
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... Deans , confined upon accusation dletree . " the law should be hanged for them ; or if of child - murder . The turnkey looked at him earnest- they wad hang a lawyer instead , the countr , wadly , and , civilly touching his hat out of ...
... Deans , confined upon accusation dletree . " the law should be hanged for them ; or if of child - murder . The turnkey looked at him earnest- they wad hang a lawyer instead , the countr , wadly , and , civilly touching his hat out of ...
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... Deans , who , though most obnoxious to the Laird on account of principles in church and state , contrived to maintain his ground upon the estate by regular payment of mail - duties , kain , arriage , carriage , dry multure , lock ...
... Deans , who , though most obnoxious to the Laird on account of principles in church and state , contrived to maintain his ground upon the estate by regular payment of mail - duties , kain , arriage , carriage , dry multure , lock ...
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... Deans , called Woodend , was not very distant from that at Beersheba . Formerly there had been little in- tercourse between the families . Deans was a sturdy Scotchman , with all sort of prejudices against the southern , and the spawn ...
... Deans , called Woodend , was not very distant from that at Beersheba . Formerly there had been little in- tercourse between the families . Deans was a sturdy Scotchman , with all sort of prejudices against the southern , and the spawn ...
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... Deans , the only child of Douce mired than envied by the little mob who occupied the Davie Deans by his first wife , " that singular Chris- noisy mansion , although he was the declared favour- tian woman , " as he was wont to express ...
... Deans , the only child of Douce mired than envied by the little mob who occupied the Davie Deans by his first wife , " that singular Chris- noisy mansion , although he was the declared favour- tian woman , " as he was wont to express ...
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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.