Waverley Novels, Bind 36R. Cadell, 1832 |
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Side 25
... safety , unless it be- comes , in a very especial degree , the object of the government to secure his person ; and which pur- pose , even then , might be disappointed by early in- telligence , or , as in the case of Mr Foxley , by the ...
... safety , unless it be- comes , in a very especial degree , the object of the government to secure his person ; and which pur- pose , even then , might be disappointed by early in- telligence , or , as in the case of Mr Foxley , by the ...
Side 42
... safety , I should not cross the southern Border ; and I cursed my own folly , which kept me fluttering like a moth around the candle , until I was betrayed into the calamity with which I had dallied . " What are those rights , " I said ...
... safety , I should not cross the southern Border ; and I cursed my own folly , which kept me fluttering like a moth around the candle , until I was betrayed into the calamity with which I had dallied . " What are those rights , " I said ...
Side 64
... will . All I wish is , to ascertain the safety of my friend . I know that he was rather foolish in once going upon a mere frolic , in disguise , to the neighbourhood of this same gentleman's house . In 64 REDGAUNTLET .
... will . All I wish is , to ascertain the safety of my friend . I know that he was rather foolish in once going upon a mere frolic , in disguise , to the neighbourhood of this same gentleman's house . In 64 REDGAUNTLET .
Side 66
... safety . If I could speak with Mr Redgauntlet , and hear his own explanation , I should probably be satisfied . If I am forced to denounce him to go- vernment , it will be in his new capacity of a kid- napper . I may not be able , nor ...
... safety . If I could speak with Mr Redgauntlet , and hear his own explanation , I should probably be satisfied . If I am forced to denounce him to go- vernment , it will be in his new capacity of a kid- napper . I may not be able , nor ...
Side 84
... safety to all concerned . Tace is Latin for a candle . " " I hope , " said the lady , " you are not afraid of any thing being said out of this house to your pre- judice , Summertrees ? I have heard the story be- The true joke is no joke ...
... safety to all concerned . Tace is Latin for a candle . " " I hope , " said the lady , " you are not afraid of any thing being said out of this house to your pre- judice , Summertrees ? I have heard the story be- The true joke is no joke ...
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acquaintance Alan Fairford Alberick ALPHEUS FELCH amongst answered apartment auld betwixt brandy brother called cause confidence Crackenthorp Criffel Cristal Nixon Crosbie danger Darsie Latimer door doubt Edward Baliol escape eyes Fair Fairladies Father Buonaventure fellow Foxley gauntlet Geddes gentleman hand head hear heard Herries honour hope horse House of Stewart intimate Jacobite Joshua Jumping Jenny Justice keep King lady Laird lawyer letter Lilias look Lord manner matter maun Maxwell mind Miss Arthuret moidores mutchkin Nanty Ewart never party Pate-in-Peril perhaps person Peter Peebles poor present Provost purpose Quaker recollection Redgaunt Redgauntlet replied safety Sallust Samuel Griffiths Scotland Scottish seemed Sir Richard Glendale sister Solway speak Summertrees suppose tell thee thing thou thought tion tone Trumbull trust turned uncle warrant weel Whig wish word XXXVI young
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Side 53 - My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer, A-chasing the wild deer and following the roe — My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go!
Side 369 - Is this real?' said Redgauntlet. 'Can you mean this? — Am I — are all, are any of these gentlemen at liberty, without interruption, to embark in yonder brig, which, I see, is now again approaching the shore?' 'You, sir — all — any of the gentlemen present,' said the General — 'all whom the vessel can contain, are at liberty to embark uninterrupted by me; but I advise none to go off who have not powerful reasons unconnected with the present meeting, for this will be remembered against no...
Side 53 - ... HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. MY heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here ; My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer ; Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go.
Side 1 - From seventeen years till now almost fourscore Here lived I, but now live here no more. At seventeen years many their fortunes seek, But at fourscore it is too late a week: Yet fortune cannot recompense me better Than to die well and not my master's debtor.
Side 142 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Side 53 - Johnnie lad, Cock up your beaver ! Cock up your beaver, And cock it fu' sprush, We'll over the border And gie them a brush ; There's somebody there We'll teach better behaviour — Hey, brave Johnnie lad, Cock up your beaver ! THE HERON BALLADS.
Side 22 - God bless the King! God bless the faith's defender! God bless — no harm in blessing — the Pretender. Who that pretender is, and who that king, God bless us all! is quite another thing.