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Pagina 117
... Ashton preferred her eldest son , on whom had descended a large portion of her own ambitious and undaunted disposition , to a daughter whose soft- Vacant lieart , and hand , and eye , - on Inness of temper seemed allied to feebleness of ...
... Ashton preferred her eldest son , on whom had descended a large portion of her own ambitious and undaunted disposition , to a daughter whose soft- Vacant lieart , and hand , and eye , - on Inness of temper seemed allied to feebleness of ...
Pagina 118
... Ashton , notwithstand - eye , hand , lene to be wished , certainly , " said the Lord lead , and gunpowder ? " ing the nature of his usual avocations , had considera- ble taste and feeling , they were overtaken by the forester , or park ...
... Ashton , notwithstand - eye , hand , lene to be wished , certainly , " said the Lord lead , and gunpowder ? " ing the nature of his usual avocations , had considera- ble taste and feeling , they were overtaken by the forester , or park ...
Pagina 119
... Ashton , and so are you , " said the old woman , turning and inclining her head towards her visiters . ther , " said the Lord Keeper , who , struck with the " This is a fine morning for your bee - hives , mo- outward appearance of Alice ...
... Ashton , and so are you , " said the old woman , turning and inclining her head towards her visiters . ther , " said the Lord Keeper , who , struck with the " This is a fine morning for your bee - hives , mo- outward appearance of Alice ...
Pagina 120
... Ashton - they will excuse your awkwardness , if you use cleanliness and despatch . " Babie performed her mistress's command with the grace which was naturally to have been expected , moving to and fro with a lobster - like gesture , her ...
... Ashton - they will excuse your awkwardness , if you use cleanliness and despatch . " Babie performed her mistress's command with the grace which was naturally to have been expected , moving to and fro with a lobster - like gesture , her ...
Pagina 121
... Ashton was aware of this ; as also that young Ravenswood had received injuries sufficient to prompt him to that sort of revenge , which becomes a frequent though fearful consequence of the partial ad- ministration of justice . He ...
... Ashton was aware of this ; as also that young Ravenswood had received injuries sufficient to prompt him to that sort of revenge , which becomes a frequent though fearful consequence of the partial ad- ministration of justice . He ...
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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.