Redgauntlet. By the author of 'Waverley'. |
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Side 41
... possible that I shall bring back Darsie along with me . " The paper dropped from the old man's hand when he was thus assured of the misfortune which he appréhended . His first idea was to get a post- chaise and pursue the fugitive ; but ...
... possible that I shall bring back Darsie along with me . " The paper dropped from the old man's hand when he was thus assured of the misfortune which he appréhended . His first idea was to get a post- chaise and pursue the fugitive ; but ...
Side 45
... possible to put a fair gloss upon a true story , the verity always serves the purpose better than any substitute which ingenuity can devise . He therefore told his learned visitor , that although his son had been incommoded by the heat ...
... possible to put a fair gloss upon a true story , the verity always serves the purpose better than any substitute which ingenuity can devise . He therefore told his learned visitor , that although his son had been incommoded by the heat ...
Side 54
... possible means to obtain my freedom ; that captivity has not broken my spirit , and that , although they may doubtless complete their oppression by mur- der , I am still willing to bequeath my cause to the justice of my country ...
... possible means to obtain my freedom ; that captivity has not broken my spirit , and that , although they may doubtless complete their oppression by mur- der , I am still willing to bequeath my cause to the justice of my country ...
Side 56
... possible sport to see the fish taken out from the nets placed in the Solway at the reflux of the tide , and urged my going thither this evening so much , that , looking back on the whole circumstances , I cannot but think he had some ...
... possible sport to see the fish taken out from the nets placed in the Solway at the reflux of the tide , and urged my going thither this evening so much , that , looking back on the whole circumstances , I cannot but think he had some ...
Side 86
... possible belief that the man with whom I held this expostula- tion , was the singular person residing at Broken- burn , in Dumfries - shire , and called by the fishers of that hamlet , the Laird of the Solway Lochs . The cause for his ...
... possible belief that the man with whom I held this expostula- tion , was the singular person residing at Broken- burn , in Dumfries - shire , and called by the fishers of that hamlet , the Laird of the Solway Lochs . The cause for his ...
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acquainted addressed Alan Fairford Alan's answered auld Baliol betwixt Birrenswork called cause clerk cobite Court Cristal Nixon danger Darsie Latimer door Dorcas doubt Drudgeit Dumfries Edinburgh Edward Baliol endeavoured escape father favourable folks follow ford Geddes hand heard Herries hinnie honest honour hope horse Jacobites James Wilkinson John Davies Justice Foxley Justice of Peace lady Laird length letter loike look magistrate matter maun Maxwell means ment mind Mount Sharon mutchkin Nanty Ewart never occasion ower party Pate-in-Peril person Poor Peter Peebles present Provost Crosbie purpose Quaker recollection Redgauntlet replied Saint Bees Sallust Saunders Fairford Scotland seemed Shepherd's Bush shew singular Solway Summertrees thee thing thou thought tion tone trepanned Trumbull trust unhappy voice vost warrant weel Whigs wish words young gentleman young lawyer
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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.