Redgauntlet: A Tale of the Eighteenth Century, Bind 2James and John Harper, 1824 - 261 sider |
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Side 32
... hear his own explanation , I would probably be satisfied . If I am forced to denounce him to government , it will be in his new capacity of a kid- napper . I may not be able , nor is it my business , to pre- vent his being recognised in ...
... hear his own explanation , I would probably be satisfied . If I am forced to denounce him to government , it will be in his new capacity of a kid- napper . I may not be able , nor is it my business , to pre- vent his being recognised in ...
Side 34
... hear it once at least , however oftener , before the punch - bowl gives place to the tea - pot . And now , fare ye well ; for there is the council - beil clinking in earnest ; and if I am not there before it jows in , Bailie Laurie will ...
... hear it once at least , however oftener , before the punch - bowl gives place to the tea - pot . And now , fare ye well ; for there is the council - beil clinking in earnest ; and if I am not there before it jows in , Bailie Laurie will ...
Side 42
... hear as little of one as of the other . " " At least , sir , " replied Mr. Fairford , " I am so much of a lawyer as not willingly to enter into disputes which I am not retained to support - it would be but throwing away both time and ...
... hear as little of one as of the other . " " At least , sir , " replied Mr. Fairford , " I am so much of a lawyer as not willingly to enter into disputes which I am not retained to support - it would be but throwing away both time and ...
Side 43
... hear of a sharp trick , as most lawyers do . " " I wonder at your want of circumspection , Provost , " said the Laird , -much after the manner of a singer , when declining to sing the song that is quivering upon his tongue's very end ...
... hear of a sharp trick , as most lawyers do . " " I wonder at your want of circumspection , Provost , " said the Laird , -much after the manner of a singer , when declining to sing the song that is quivering upon his tongue's very end ...
Side 50
... hear the scoundrels had so much pluck left , as to right themselves against a fashion which would make the upper heritors a sort of clocking hens , to hatch the fish that the folks below them were to catch and eat . " 66 Well , sir ...
... hear the scoundrels had so much pluck left , as to right themselves against a fashion which would make the upper heritors a sort of clocking hens , to hatch the fish that the folks below them were to catch and eat . " 66 Well , sir ...
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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.