The Waverley Novels, Volume 2Lippincott, Grambo, 1855 |
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... living man should dare to send so extraordinary a request , couched in terms so imperious , to the half - betrothed object of his early and only affection , Butler strode hastily towards the cottage , in order to ascertain how far this ...
... living man should dare to send so extraordinary a request , couched in terms so imperious , to the half - betrothed object of his early and only affection , Butler strode hastily towards the cottage , in order to ascertain how far this ...
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... living - your occupation ? " " Hout tout - your honour , wi ' your leave , kens that as weel as I do , " replied the examined . " No matter , I want to hear you describe it , " said the examinant . " Me describe ? -and to your honour ...
... living - your occupation ? " " Hout tout - your honour , wi ' your leave , kens that as weel as I do , " replied the examined . " No matter , I want to hear you describe it , " said the examinant . " Me describe ? -and to your honour ...
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... living man . But if you really think this rascal Ratcliffe could do as ony service in discovering these malefactors , I would insure him life , reward , and promotion . It's an awsome thing this mischance for the city , Mr. Fairscrieve ...
... living man . But if you really think this rascal Ratcliffe could do as ony service in discovering these malefactors , I would insure him life , reward , and promotion . It's an awsome thing this mischance for the city , Mr. Fairscrieve ...
Pagina 11
... living creature to do a wrang thing ness , ye wadna wonder that I wish to hear of him ! " to save my life . I might have fled frae this tolbooth Jeanie sighed , and commenced her narrative of all on that awfu ' night wi ' ane wad hae ...
... living creature to do a wrang thing ness , ye wadna wonder that I wish to hear of him ! " to save my life . I might have fled frae this tolbooth Jeanie sighed , and commenced her narrative of all on that awfu ' night wi ' ane wad hae ...
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... living or dead ; and requested to observe , that her refusing to do so exposes her own life , and leaves the child in bad hands ; as also , that her present refusal to an- swer on such points , is inconsistent with her alleged intention ...
... living or dead ; and requested to observe , that her refusing to do so exposes her own life , and leaves the child in bad hands ; as also , that her present refusal to an- swer on such points , is inconsistent with her alleged intention ...
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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.