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... speak in that manner to Sam's father's son ? I asked you what your father could possibly know of mine ; and you an- swered , " As much , you supposed , as he knew of Sam's- it was a proverbial expression . " This did not quite satisfy ...
... speak in that manner to Sam's father's son ? I asked you what your father could possibly know of mine ; and you an- swered , " As much , you supposed , as he knew of Sam's- it was a proverbial expression . " This did not quite satisfy ...
Side 40
... speak of this , it is not much amiss to ad- vise thee to correct a little this cock - a - hoop courage of thine . I fear much that , like a hot - mettled horse , it will carry the owner into some scrape , out of which he will find it ...
... speak of this , it is not much amiss to ad- vise thee to correct a little this cock - a - hoop courage of thine . I fear much that , like a hot - mettled horse , it will carry the owner into some scrape , out of which he will find it ...
Side 58
... speaking , rather scarce upon these shores . The descent by which we plunged into this dell was both steep and rugged , with two or three abrupt turnings ; but neither danger nor darkness impeded the motion of the black horse , who ...
... speaking , rather scarce upon these shores . The descent by which we plunged into this dell was both steep and rugged , with two or three abrupt turnings ; but neither danger nor darkness impeded the motion of the black horse , who ...
Side 66
... the Solway Frith , thou shalt be disappointed ; for , having said she seemed very pretty , and that she was a sweet and gentle - speaking creature , I have said all concerning her that I can tell thee 66 WAVERLEY NOVELS .
... the Solway Frith , thou shalt be disappointed ; for , having said she seemed very pretty , and that she was a sweet and gentle - speaking creature , I have said all concerning her that I can tell thee 66 WAVERLEY NOVELS .
Side 70
... speak to him at that moment , would have been to address the spirit of the tempest himself , since no other being , I thought , could have remained calm and tranquil while winds and waters were thus raging around . In process of time ...
... speak to him at that moment , would have been to address the spirit of the tempest himself , since no other being , I thought , could have remained calm and tranquil while winds and waters were thus raging around . In process of time ...
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Side 167 - ... jackanape, that was a special pet of his ; a cankered beast it was, and mony an ill-natured trick it played — ill to please it was, and easily angered — ran about the haill castle, chattering and yowling, and pinching, and biting folk, specially before ill weather, or disturbances in the state.
Side 166 - Jacobites, just out of a kind of needcessity, that he might belang to some side or other. He had nae illwill to the Whig bodies, and liked little to see the blude rin, though, being obliged to follow Sir Robert in hunting and hosting, watching and warding, he saw muckle mischief, and maybe did some, that he couldna avoid. Now Steenie was a kind of favourite with his master, and kend a...
Side 187 - ... very far in tampering with dangerous matters, yet, as he had refused the devil's arles (for such was the offer of meat and drink), and had refused to do homage by piping at his bidding, he hoped that, if he held a circumspect walk hereafter, Satan could take little advantage by what was come and gane. And, indeed, my gudesire of his ain accord lang...
Side 164 - Dalyell's. Glen, nor dargle, nor mountain, nor cave, could hide the puir hill-folk when Redgauntlet was out with bugle and bloodhound after them, as if they had been sae mony deer. And troth when they fand them, they didna mak muckle mair ceremony than a Hielandman wi' a roebuck — It was just, "Will ye tak the test?
Side 180 - They that waited at the table were just the wicked servingmen and troopers that had done their work and cruel bidding on earth. There was the Lang Lad of the Nethertown, that helped to take Argyle ; and the bishop's summoner, that they called the Deil's Rattlebag ; and the wicked guardsmen in their laced coats; and the savage Highland Amorites, that shed blood like water; and...
Side 176 - Down the stairs he ran, (for the parlour was nae place for him after such a word,) and he heard the Laird swearing blood and wounds, behind him, as fast as ever did Sir Robert, and roaring for the bailie and the baron-officer. Away rode my gudesire to his chief creditor, (him they...
Side 5 - 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 186 - ... father's credit, as an honest man, that he should, even after his death, desire to see justice done to a poor man like you, yet you are sensible that ill-dispositioned men might make bad constructions upon it, concerning his soul's health. So, I think, we had better lay the haill dirdum on that ill-deedie creature, Major Weir, and say naething about your dream in the wood of Pitmurkie.
Side 187 - ... gaen very far in tampering with dangerous matters, yet, as he had refused the devil's arles, (for such was the offer of meat and drink), and had refused to do homage by piping at his bidding, he hoped, that if he held a circumspect walk hereafter, Satan could take little...
Side 169 - Robert gave my gudesire a look as if he would have withered his heart in his bosom. Ye maun ken he had a way of bending his brows that men saw the visible mark of a horseshoe in his forehead, deep-dinted, as if it had been stamped there.