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Side 10
... with an old acquaintance , Peter Drudgeit , with whom the reader is partly acquainted . " Alan , " he said , " was ance wud , and ay waur ; and he was expecting every mo- ment when he would start off in a wild - 10 CHAP . I. NARRATIVE .
... with an old acquaintance , Peter Drudgeit , with whom the reader is partly acquainted . " Alan , " he said , " was ance wud , and ay waur ; and he was expecting every mo- ment when he would start off in a wild - 10 CHAP . I. NARRATIVE .
Side 11
... Peter Drudgeit sympathized , for Peter had a son , who , reason or none , would needs exchange the cut and inky fustian sleeves for the blue jacket and white lapelle ; and he suggested , as the reader knows , the engaging our friend ...
... Peter Drudgeit sympathized , for Peter had a son , who , reason or none , would needs exchange the cut and inky fustian sleeves for the blue jacket and white lapelle ; and he suggested , as the reader knows , the engaging our friend ...
Side 12
... Peter Peebles's law- matters . It was to the old man a labour of love to place in a clear and undistorted view the real merits of this case , which the carelessness and blunders of Peter's former solicitors had convert- ed into a huge ...
... Peter Peebles's law- matters . It was to the old man a labour of love to place in a clear and undistorted view the real merits of this case , which the carelessness and blunders of Peter's former solicitors had convert- ed into a huge ...
Side 13
... Peter Peebles in his usual plenitude of wig and celsitude of hat . He seized on the young pleader like a lion on his prey . " How is a ' wi ' you , Mr Alan - how is a ' wi ' you , man ? -The awfu ' day is come at last - a day that will ...
... Peter Peebles in his usual plenitude of wig and celsitude of hat . He seized on the young pleader like a lion on his prey . " How is a ' wi ' you , Mr Alan - how is a ' wi ' you , man ? -The awfu ' day is come at last - a day that will ...
Side 15
... Peter Peebles , whose shallow brain was altogether un- able to bear the importance of the moment , kept as close to his young counsel as shadow to sub- stance , affected now to speak loud , now to whis- per in his ear , now to deck his ...
... Peter Peebles , whose shallow brain was altogether un- able to bear the importance of the moment , kept as close to his young counsel as shadow to sub- stance , affected now to speak loud , now to whis- per in his ear , now to deck his ...
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acquainted addressed Alan Fairford Alan's answered auld Baliol betwixt Birrenswork called cause clerk cobite Court Cristal Nixon danger Darsie Latimer door Dorcas doubt Drudgeit Dumfries Edinburgh Edward Baliol endeavoured escape father favourable folks follow ford Geddes hand heard Herries hinnie honest honour hope horse Jacobites James Wilkinson John Davies Justice Foxley Justice of Peace lady Laird length letter loike look magistrate matter maun Maxwell means ment mind Mount Sharon mutchkin Nanty Ewart never occasion ower party Pate-in-Peril person Poor Peter Peebles present Provost Crosbie purpose Quaker recollection Redgauntlet replied Saint Bees Sallust Saunders Fairford Scotland seemed Shepherd's Bush shew singular Solway Summertrees thee thing thou thought tion tone trepanned Trumbull trust unhappy voice vost warrant weel Whigs wish words young gentleman young lawyer
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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; A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go...
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.
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 323 - I hope, sir," answered Fairford, civilly, " you are in the habit of reading better books." " Faith," answered Nanty, " with help of a little Geneva text, I could read my Sallust as well as you can ; " and snatching the book from Alan's hand, he began to read, in the Scottish accent.
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 240 - Charlie,' upon the tenth of June. He is a black sheep, and deserves no encouragement." " Not a bad tune though, after all," said Summertrees ; and, turning to the window, he half hummed, half whistled, the air in question, then sang the last verse aloud: Oh I...
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.