Redgauntlet: A Tale of the Eighteenth Century, Bind 2James and John Harper, 1824 - 261 sider |
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... less evident ; but all this explains not his conduct towards me . Had he sought to make me a proselyte to his ruined cause , violence and compulsion were arguments very un- likely to prevail with any generous spirit . But even if such ...
... less evident ; but all this explains not his conduct towards me . Had he sought to make me a proselyte to his ruined cause , violence and compulsion were arguments very un- likely to prevail with any generous spirit . But even if such ...
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... less my duty to ascertain its truth , and for that purpose I went to Edinburgh . I was in hopes to persuade Mr. Fairford to have entered into my views ; but I found him too much prejudiced to permit me to trust him . He is a wretched ...
... less my duty to ascertain its truth , and for that purpose I went to Edinburgh . I was in hopes to persuade Mr. Fairford to have entered into my views ; but I found him too much prejudiced to permit me to trust him . He is a wretched ...
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... less reason to doubt his iden- tity , because he played twice over the beautiful Scottish . air called Wandering Willie ; and I could not help conclu- ding that he did so for the purpose of intimating his own presence , since that was ...
... less reason to doubt his iden- tity , because he played twice over the beautiful Scottish . air called Wandering Willie ; and I could not help conclu- ding that he did so for the purpose of intimating his own presence , since that was ...
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... less pressing than when men think their lives are in danger from an informer . " " Mr. Fairford , " said the Provost , very earnestly , I scarce think such a mistake possible ; or if , by any extraor- dinary chance , it should have ...
... less pressing than when men think their lives are in danger from an informer . " " Mr. Fairford , " said the Provost , very earnestly , I scarce think such a mistake possible ; or if , by any extraor- dinary chance , it should have ...
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... less ; that the individuals who had been ring - leaders in the riot were long since safely sheltered in their various lurk- ing - holes in the Isle of Man , Cumberland , and elsewhere ; and that those who might remain would undoubtedly ...
... less ; that the individuals who had been ring - leaders in the riot were long since safely sheltered in their various lurk- ing - holes in the Isle of Man , Cumberland , and elsewhere ; and that those who might remain would undoubtedly ...
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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.