Redgauntlet: A Tale of the Eighteenth Century, Bind 2James and John Harper, 1824 - 261 sider |
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... least of some discontented provinces , agitated by a variety of causes , but particularly by the unpopularity of the present administration , may seem to this species of agitators a favourable period for recommencing their intrigues ...
... least of some discontented provinces , agitated by a variety of causes , but particularly by the unpopularity of the present administration , may seem to this species of agitators a favourable period for recommencing their intrigues ...
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... least , must the veil of which you complain be raised . When withdrawn , it will only display guilt and sorrow - guilt , followed by strange penalty , and sorrow , which Providence has entailed upon the pos terity of the mourners . " He ...
... least , must the veil of which you complain be raised . When withdrawn , it will only display guilt and sorrow - guilt , followed by strange penalty , and sorrow , which Providence has entailed upon the pos terity of the mourners . " He ...
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... least hazard of detection , I may be able to destroy them at a moment's notice . I shall not soon or easily forget the lesson I have been taught , by the prying disposition which Cristal Nixon , this man's agent and confederate ...
... least hazard of detection , I may be able to destroy them at a moment's notice . I shall not soon or easily forget the lesson I have been taught , by the prying disposition which Cristal Nixon , this man's agent and confederate ...
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... 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 be trying some ...
... 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 be trying some ...
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... least seemed to do so . This stately dame received Mr. Maxwell ( a cousin of course ) with cordiality , and Fairford with civility ; answer- ing , at the same time , with respect to the magisterial com- plaints of the Provost , that ...
... least seemed to do so . This stately dame received Mr. Maxwell ( a cousin of course ) with cordiality , and Fairford with civility ; answer- ing , at the same time , with respect to the magisterial com- plaints of the Provost , that ...
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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.