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Side 16
... " said the old gentleman , almost at his own wits end upon hear- ing this dilemma ; " dinna mind the silly ne'er- do - weel ; we cannot keep the man from 9 16 NARRATIVE . CHAP . I. These demonstrations, and the obvious shame ...
... " said the old gentleman , almost at his own wits end upon hear- ing this dilemma ; " dinna mind the silly ne'er- do - weel ; we cannot keep the man from 9 16 NARRATIVE . CHAP . I. These demonstrations, and the obvious shame ...
Side 17
sir Walter Scott (bart.) do - weel ; we cannot keep the man from hearing his own cause though he be not quite right in the head . " " On my life , sir , " answered Alan , " I shall be unable to go on - he drives everything out of my ...
sir Walter Scott (bart.) do - weel ; we cannot keep the man from hearing his own cause though he be not quite right in the head . " " On my life , sir , " answered Alan , " I shall be unable to go on - he drives everything out of my ...
Side 18
... keep him there , drunk or sober , till the hearing is ower . " ૮૮ Eneugh said , " quoth Peter Drudgeit , no way displeased with his own share in the service required , " We'se do your bidding . " Accordingly , the scribe was presently ...
... keep him there , drunk or sober , till the hearing is ower . " ૮૮ Eneugh said , " quoth Peter Drudgeit , no way displeased with his own share in the service required , " We'se do your bidding . " Accordingly , the scribe was presently ...
Side 19
sir Walter Scott (bart.) 2 thing to keep my heart up this day ; but I'll no stay above an instant - not above a minute of time - nor drink aboon a single gill . ” In a few minutes afterwards , the two Peters were seen moving through the ...
sir Walter Scott (bart.) 2 thing to keep my heart up this day ; but I'll no stay above an instant - not above a minute of time - nor drink aboon a single gill . ” In a few minutes afterwards , the two Peters were seen moving through the ...
Side 31
... keep our own wits . " " Amen , amen , " answered his learned brother ; “ for some of us have but few to spare . " The Court then arose , and the audience de- parted , greatly wondering at the talent display- ed by Alan Fairford at his ...
... keep our own wits . " " Amen , amen , " answered his learned brother ; “ for some of us have but few to spare . " The Court then arose , and the audience de- parted , greatly wondering at the talent display- ed by Alan Fairford at his ...
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Side 322 - 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 201 - 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. Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, The birth-place of valour, the country of worth ; Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.
Side 201 - Cock up your beaver, and cock it fu' sprush ; We'll over the border and give them a brush ; There's somebody there we'll teach better behaviour, Hey, Johnnie lad, cock np your beaver.
Side 3 - ... practised by various great authors, and by ourselves in the preceding chapters. Nevertheless, a genuine correspondence of this kind (and Heaven forbid it should be in any respect sophisticated by interpolations of our own !) can seldom be found to contain all in which it is necessary to instruct the reader for his full comprehension of the story.
Side 201 - ... 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 238 - Charlie,' upon the tenth of June. He is a black sheep, and deserves no encouragement." " Not a bad tune though, after all," said Summertrees ; and, turning to the window, he half hummed, half whistled, the air in question, then sang the last verse aloud: Oh I...
Side 85 - I answered, with an energy of which despair alone could have rendered me capable — " I will never submit to loss of freedom a moment longer than I am subjected to it by force.
Side 238 - I swear and vow by moon and stars, And sun that shines so early, If I had twenty thousand lives, I'd die as aft for Charlie.