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Side 14
... in Eng- land , serving as a vestibule to the Inner House , as it is termed , and a place of dominion to cer- tain sedentary personages called Lords Ordi nary . The earlier part of the morning was spent by old 14 CHAP . I. NARRATIVE .
... in Eng- land , serving as a vestibule to the Inner House , as it is termed , and a place of dominion to cer- tain sedentary personages called Lords Ordi nary . The earlier part of the morning was spent by old 14 CHAP . I. NARRATIVE .
Side 29
... called him up ; when his father , as he handed him the letters , put one into his hand which produced a singular effect on the pleader . At the first glance , he saw that the paper had no reference to the affairs of Peter Peebles ; but ...
... called him up ; when his father , as he handed him the letters , put one into his hand which produced a singular effect on the pleader . At the first glance , he saw that the paper had no reference to the affairs of Peter Peebles ; but ...
Side 44
... summons accordingly , and came back to inform Mr Fairford , that the Dean of Faculty was called to inquire for Mr Alan . " Will I set him down to drink , too ? " said James . " Will you be an idiot , sir ? " 44 CHAP . II . NARRATIVE .
... summons accordingly , and came back to inform Mr Fairford , that the Dean of Faculty was called to inquire for Mr Alan . " Will I set him down to drink , too ? " said James . " Will you be an idiot , sir ? " 44 CHAP . II . NARRATIVE .
Side 45
... called him to the country , on a matter of life and death . " It should be a serious matter indeed that takes my young friend away at this moment , " said the good - natured Dean . " I wish he had staid to finish his pleading , and put ...
... called him to the country , on a matter of life and death . " It should be a serious matter indeed that takes my young friend away at this moment , " said the good - natured Dean . " I wish he had staid to finish his pleading , and put ...
Side 55
... called Shepherd's Bush , kept by Mrs Nixon , which had been occasionally my residence for about a fort- night past . I spent the earlier part of the fore- noon in writing a letter , which I have already mentioned , to you , my dear Alan ...
... called Shepherd's Bush , kept by Mrs Nixon , which had been occasionally my residence for about a fort- night past . I spent the earlier part of the fore- noon in writing a letter , which I have already mentioned , to you , my dear Alan ...
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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 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.