Redgauntlet: A Tale of the Eighteenth Century, Bind 2James and John Harper, 1824 - 261 sider |
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... direct contradiction to those by which you are actuated ; and how shall we decide which shall have precedence ? You perhaps feel yourself destined to act as my jailer , I feel myself , on the contrary , destined to attempt and effect my ...
... direct contradiction to those by which you are actuated ; and how shall we decide which shall have precedence ? You perhaps feel yourself destined to act as my jailer , I feel myself , on the contrary , destined to attempt and effect my ...
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... direct your actions , or of the manner in which I purpose to exercise it . " I was determined to take advantage of his communica- tive humour , and obtain , if possible , more light upon his purpose . He seemed most accessible to being ...
... direct your actions , or of the manner in which I purpose to exercise it . " I was determined to take advantage of his communica- tive humour , and obtain , if possible , more light upon his purpose . He seemed most accessible to being ...
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... direct and to control my motions . The danger which awaited me in England , and which I might have escaped had I remained in Scotland , was doubtless occasioned by the authority of this man . But what my poor mother might fear for me as ...
... direct and to control my motions . The danger which awaited me in England , and which I might have escaped had I remained in Scotland , was doubtless occasioned by the authority of this man . But what my poor mother might fear for me as ...
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... direct him in the search he was about to institute through the border counties , and which he pledged himself not to give up until he had obtained news of his friend , alive or dead . The young lawyer's mind felt easier when he had ...
... direct him in the search he was about to institute through the border counties , and which he pledged himself not to give up until he had obtained news of his friend , alive or dead . The young lawyer's mind felt easier when he had ...
Side 54
... direct you how to deliver it . " " There is a pen and ink in the office , " said the Provost , pointing to the door of an inner apartment , in which he had his walnut - tree desk , and east - country ca- binet . " A pen that can write ...
... direct you how to deliver it . " " There is a pen and ink in the office , " said the Provost , pointing to the door of an inner apartment , in which he had his walnut - tree desk , and east - country ca- binet . " A pen that can write ...
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Side 237 - deserve the confidence of my subjects by reposing my security in the fidelity of the millions who acknowledge my title - in the good sense and prudence of the few who continue, from the errors of education, to disown it.' His Majesty will not even believe that the most zealous Jacobites who yet remain can nourish a thought of exciting a civil war, which must be fatal to their families and themselves, besides spreading bloodshed and ruin through a peaceful land. He cannot even believe of his kinsman,...
Side 22 - MY 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 237 - I thank you, sir,' said the General; 'and I reply that the answer to your question rests with yourself. Come, do not be fools, gentlemen; there was perhaps no great harm meant or intended by your gathering together in this obscure corner, for a...
Side 157 - That he shall never obtain," answered Darsie ; " my principles and my prudence alike forbid such a step. Besides, it would be totally unavailing to his purpose.
Side 238 - Is this real?" said Redgauntlet. " Can you mean this ? — Am I — are all, are any of these gentlemen at liberty, without interruption, to embark. in yonder brig, which, I see, is now again approaching the shore ?" " You, sir — all — any of the gentlemen present," said the General, — " all whom the vessel can contain, are at liberty to embark uninterrupted by me ; but I advise none to go off who have not powerful reasons, unconnected with the present meeting, for this will be remembered against...
Side 38 - Over the water, and over the sea, And over the water to Charlie ; Come weal, come woe, we'll gather and go, And live or die with Charlie.
Side 22 - My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer, A-chasing the wild deer and following the roe — My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go!
Side 81 - 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.