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... perhaps have occasioned the old gentleman regretting his having again 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 ...
... perhaps have occasioned the old gentleman regretting his having again 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 ...
Side 35
... himself , or licensed his son to go in pursuit of his friend . But the case of Poor Peter Peebles against Plainstanes was , he saw , adjourned , perhaps sine die , should this document reach the hands of his NARRATIVE . 35 CHAP . II .
... himself , or licensed his son to go in pursuit of his friend . But the case of Poor Peter Peebles against Plainstanes was , he saw , adjourned , perhaps sine die , should this document reach the hands of his NARRATIVE . 35 CHAP . II .
Side 36
... Sheriff of the county - perhaps to the King's Advocate - and set about the matter in a regular manner . The scheme , as we have seen , was partially successful , and was only ultimately defeated , as he 36 NARRATIVE . CHAP . II .
... Sheriff of the county - perhaps to the King's Advocate - and set about the matter in a regular manner . The scheme , as we have seen , was partially successful , and was only ultimately defeated , as he 36 NARRATIVE . CHAP . II .
Side 39
... perhaps might lead to your disapprobation of my purpose . I can only say , in further apology , that if anything unhappy , which Heaven forbid ! shall have occurred to the person who , next to yourself , is dearest to me in this world ...
... perhaps might lead to your disapprobation of my purpose . I can only say , in further apology , that if anything unhappy , which Heaven forbid ! shall have occurred to the person who , next to yourself , is dearest to me in this world ...
Side 52
... the brightest days of our intimacy , it is to you whom I address a his- tory which may perhaps fall into very different hands . A portion of my former spirit descends to my pen , when I write your name , 52 CHAP . III . JOURNAL .
... the brightest days of our intimacy , it is to you whom I address a his- tory which may perhaps fall into very different hands . A portion of my former spirit descends to my pen , when I write your name , 52 CHAP . III . JOURNAL .
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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 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.
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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.