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... consider- able board , was a matter of no importance to Mr Fairford ; it was enough that his presence seemed to make his son cheerful and happy . He was compelled to allow that " Darsie was a 8 CHAP . 1 . NARRATIVE .
... consider- able board , was a matter of no importance to Mr Fairford ; it was enough that his presence seemed to make his son cheerful and happy . He was compelled to allow that " Darsie was a 8 CHAP . 1 . NARRATIVE .
Side 33
... consider yourself as authorized to speak to Mr Pest , and lay before him the papers which you will receive by the coach . The coun- cil think that a fee of two guineas may be suffi- VOL . II . C cient on this occasion , as Mr Pest had ...
... consider yourself as authorized to speak to Mr Pest , and lay before him the papers which you will receive by the coach . The coun- cil think that a fee of two guineas may be suffi- VOL . II . C cient on this occasion , as Mr Pest had ...
Side 58
... considering the season , the easterly wind , and other circumstances , unfavourable for angling . He persisted in his own story , and made a few casts , as if to convince me of my error , but caught no fish ; and , indeed , as I am now ...
... considering the season , the easterly wind , and other circumstances , unfavourable for angling . He persisted in his own story , and made a few casts , as if to convince me of my error , but caught no fish ; and , indeed , as I am now ...
Side 122
... requires consideration shall be duly consider- ed . Young man - eh - I beg to know the name of your father and mother ? " This was galling a wound that has festered for years , and I did not endure the question so 122 CHAP . VII . JOURNAL .
... requires consideration shall be duly consider- ed . Young man - eh - I beg to know the name of your father and mother ? " This was galling a wound that has festered for years , and I did not endure the question so 122 CHAP . VII . JOURNAL .
Side 136
... consider whether absolute escape might not be practicable . But there paraded Cristal Nixon , whose little black eyes , sharp as those of a basilisk , seemed , the instant when they encoun- tered with mine , to penetrate my purpose . I ...
... consider whether absolute escape might not be practicable . But there paraded Cristal Nixon , whose little black eyes , sharp as those of a basilisk , seemed , the instant when they encoun- tered with mine , to penetrate my purpose . I ...
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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.