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Side 8
... able to pay a consider- able board , was a matter of no importance to Mr Fairford ; it was enough that his presence seemed to make his son cheerful and happy . He was compelled to allow that " Darsie was a 8 CHAP . 1 . NARRATIVE .
... able to pay a consider- able board , was a matter of no importance to Mr Fairford ; it was enough that his presence seemed to make his son cheerful and happy . He was compelled to allow that " Darsie was a 8 CHAP . 1 . NARRATIVE .
Side 21
... seemed considerably surprised at the juvenile appearance of the young man who appeared in the room of Dumtoustie , for the purpose of opening this complicated and long depending process , and the common herd were disappointed at the ...
... seemed considerably surprised at the juvenile appearance of the young man who appeared in the room of Dumtoustie , for the purpose of opening this complicated and long depending process , and the common herd were disappointed at the ...
Side 28
... , by thus obliging him to follow up a process of reasoning , clear and complete in itself , by a hasty and extemporary appendix . If so , he seemed likely to be disap- pointed ; for Alan was well prepared on this , 28 СНАР . І. NARRATIVE .
... , by thus obliging him to follow up a process of reasoning , clear and complete in itself , by a hasty and extemporary appendix . If so , he seemed likely to be disap- pointed ; for Alan was well prepared on this , 28 СНАР . І. NARRATIVE .
Side 29
... seemed totally to disconcert his ideas . He stopped short in his harangue - gazed on the paper with a look of sur- prise and horror - uttered an exclamation , and flinging down the brief which he had in his hand , hurried out of court ...
... seemed totally to disconcert his ideas . He stopped short in his harangue - gazed on the paper with a look of sur- prise and horror - uttered an exclamation , and flinging down the brief which he had in his hand , hurried out of court ...
Side 41
... seemed hardened into obstinacy , and that now , entitled , as arrived at the years of majority , and a member of the learned Faculty , to direct his own motions , there was great doubt whether , in the event of his overtaking his son ...
... seemed hardened into obstinacy , and that now , entitled , as arrived at the years of majority , and a member of the learned Faculty , to direct his own motions , there was great doubt whether , in the event of his overtaking his son ...
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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.