The Waverley Novels, Volume 2Lippincott, Grambo, 1855 |
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... respect of each other , under a reciprocation of bene fits , whereof those received by me being the most solid , ( in respect that a new house and a new coat are better than a new tale and an old song , ) it is meet that my gratitude ...
... respect of each other , under a reciprocation of bene fits , whereof those received by me being the most solid , ( in respect that a new house and a new coat are better than a new tale and an old song , ) it is meet that my gratitude ...
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... respect to an old friend's memory , or from failure of his own , happened to have forgotten that ever such a communication was made . So my obliging correspondent ( who is a fox - hunter ) wrote to me that he was completely planted ...
... respect to an old friend's memory , or from failure of his own , happened to have forgotten that ever such a communication was made . So my obliging correspondent ( who is a fox - hunter ) wrote to me that he was completely planted ...
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... respect . nerves , was able fully to requite the kindness and The intercourse which took place betwixt the fami- countenance with which , in other circumstances , lies at Beersheba and Woodend , became strict and she used to regard him ...
... respect . nerves , was able fully to requite the kindness and The intercourse which took place betwixt the fami- countenance with which , in other circumstances , lies at Beersheba and Woodend , became strict and she used to regard him ...
Pagina 12
... respect from its anti- quity . For which venerable front , I observed , on my last occasional visit to the metropolis , that mo- dern taste had substituted , at great apparent expense , a pile so utterly inconsistent with every monument ...
... respect from its anti- quity . For which venerable front , I observed , on my last occasional visit to the metropolis , that mo- dern taste had substituted , at great apparent expense , a pile so utterly inconsistent with every monument ...
Pagina 29
... respect for twa Highlandmen that were speaking Gaelic in the close below the right ane . But luckily for Mrs. Crombie , I just chanced to come in in time to break aff the com- muning , for it's a pity the point suldna be tried . We had ...
... respect for twa Highlandmen that were speaking Gaelic in the close below the right ane . But luckily for Mrs. Crombie , I just chanced to come in in time to break aff the com- muning , for it's a pity the point suldna be tried . We had ...
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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.
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