Redgauntlet: A Tale of the Eighteenth Century, Bind 2Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh, 1824 - 331 sider |
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... manners corresponded with his attire , for they were scrupulously civil , and not a little formal . He was an elder of the kirk , and , of course , zealous for King George and vernment even to slaying , as he had shewed by taking up ...
... manners corresponded with his attire , for they were scrupulously civil , and not a little formal . He was an elder of the kirk , and , of course , zealous for King George and vernment even to slaying , as he had shewed by taking up ...
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... the Sheriff of the county -- perhaps to the King's Advocate - and set about the matter in a regular manner . The scheme , as we have seen , was partially successful , and was only ultimately defeated , as he 36 NARRATIVE . CHAP . II .
... the Sheriff of the county -- perhaps to the King's Advocate - and set about the matter in a regular manner . The scheme , as we have seen , was partially successful , and was only ultimately defeated , as he 36 NARRATIVE . CHAP . II .
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... manner . These , being properly sealed and addressed , he delivered to James , with directions to dismiss the parti - coloured gentry , who , in the meanwhile , had consumed a gallon of twopenny ale , while dis- cussing points of law ...
... manner . These , being properly sealed and addressed , he delivered to James , with directions to dismiss the parti - coloured gentry , who , in the meanwhile , had consumed a gallon of twopenny ale , while dis- cussing points of law ...
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... manner , the manly indiffe- rence of which compelled them to attend to him . " John Davies , " he said , " will , I trust , soon be at Dumfries " " To fetch down red - coats and dragoons against us , you canting old villain ! ” . A blow ...
... manner , the manly indiffe- rence of which compelled them to attend to him . " John Davies , " he said , " will , I trust , soon be at Dumfries " " To fetch down red - coats and dragoons against us , you canting old villain ! ” . A blow ...
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... , filled with spirits and water , which , without minute inquiry concerning the nature of its con- tents , I drained at a draught . Either the spirits taken in such a manner , acted more suddenly than 80 JOURNAL . CHAP . IV .
... , filled with spirits and water , which , without minute inquiry concerning the nature of its con- tents , I drained at a draught . Either the spirits taken in such a manner , acted more suddenly than 80 JOURNAL . CHAP . IV .
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Side 203 - 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 160 - 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.
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 7 - ... frequently, as his little cellar contained some choice old wine, of which, on such rare occasions, he was no niggard. The whole pleasure of this good old-fashioned man of method, besides that which he really felt in the discharge of his...
Side 203 - ... 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 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 240 - 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.
Side 326 - 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.