Redgauntlet. By the author of 'Waverley'. |
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... escape the observation of the juvenile idlers in the hall . They did not , indeed , approach Peter with their usual familiarity , from some feeling of deference towards Fairford , though many accu- sed him of conceit in presuming to ...
... escape the observation of the juvenile idlers in the hall . They did not , indeed , approach Peter with their usual familiarity , from some feeling of deference towards Fairford , though many accu- sed him of conceit in presuming to ...
Side 19
... escaped him , and to prepare himself for a task , the successful discharge or failure in which must , he was aware , have the deepest interest upon his fortunes . He had pride , was not without a consciousness of talent , and the sense ...
... escaped him , and to prepare himself for a task , the successful discharge or failure in which must , he was aware , have the deepest interest upon his fortunes . He had pride , was not without a consciousness of talent , and the sense ...
Side 85
... your word of honour that you will not attempt an escape . " Never ! " I answered , with an energy of which despair alone could have rendered me ca- pable " I will never submit to loss of freedom JOURNAL . CHAP . IV . 85.
... your word of honour that you will not attempt an escape . " Never ! " I answered , with an energy of which despair alone could have rendered me ca- pable " I will never submit to loss of freedom JOURNAL . CHAP . IV . 85.
Side 88
... escape im- practicable . These were awful apprehensions ; but it pleased Providence to increase them to a point which my brain was scarcely able to en- dure . As we approached very near to a black line , which , dimly visible as it was ...
... escape im- practicable . These were awful apprehensions ; but it pleased Providence to increase them to a point which my brain was scarcely able to en- dure . As we approached very near to a black line , which , dimly visible as it was ...
Side 94
... escape him . I urged him once more to be my friend , and promised him all the stock of money which I had about me , and it was not in- considerable , if he would assist in my escape . He listened , as if to a proposition which had some ...
... escape him . I urged him once more to be my friend , and promised him all the stock of money which I had about me , and it was not in- considerable , if he would assist in my escape . He listened , as if to a proposition which had some ...
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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.