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... character sequences thereof , we now proceed to relate . of Reuben Butler was so calculated as to offer scope both for their sympathy and their admiration , the feel- ings perhaps , through which the female sex ( the more deserving part ...
... character sequences thereof , we now proceed to relate . of Reuben Butler was so calculated as to offer scope both for their sympathy and their admiration , the feel- ings perhaps , through which the female sex ( the more deserving part ...
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... character , which gave rise not only to strange doubt and anxiety on the part of Douce David Deans , whose ideas were rigid , as may easily be supposed , upon the subject of youthful amusements , but even of serious apprehen- sion to ...
... character , which gave rise not only to strange doubt and anxiety on the part of Douce David Deans , whose ideas were rigid , as may easily be supposed , upon the subject of youthful amusements , but even of serious apprehen- sion to ...
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... character , arises out of the in- timacy of their family connexions . " To be come of honest folk , " that is , of people who have borne a fair and unstained reputation , is an advantage as highly prized among the lower Scotch , as the ...
... character , arises out of the in- timacy of their family connexions . " To be come of honest folk , " that is , of people who have borne a fair and unstained reputation , is an advantage as highly prized among the lower Scotch , as the ...
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... character , immediately entered on conversation . position , his gold - headed cane in his hand , and his whole deportment that of a wealthy burgher , who might one day look to have a share in the magistracy , if not actually to hold ...
... character , immediately entered on conversation . position , his gold - headed cane in his hand , and his whole deportment that of a wealthy burgher , who might one day look to have a share in the magistracy , if not actually to hold ...
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... character he seemed to represent . " Your name is James Ratcliffe ? " said the magis- trate . " Ay - always wi ' your honour's leave . " " That is to say , you could find me another name if I did not like that one ? " " Twenty to pick ...
... character he seemed to represent . " Your name is James Ratcliffe ? " said the magis- trate . " Ay - always wi ' your honour's leave . " " That is to say , you could find me another name if I did not like that one ? " " Twenty to pick ...
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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.