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... person who had been out at a certain period . So that , on the whole , Mr Fairford was a man much liked and respected on all sides , though his friends would not have been sorry if he had given a 6 NARRATIVE . CHAP . I.
... person who had been out at a certain period . So that , on the whole , Mr Fairford was a man much liked and respected on all sides , though his friends would not have been sorry if he had given a 6 NARRATIVE . CHAP . I.
Side 15
... person to another , from whom he thought he could still glean some grains of information , either concerning the point at is- sue , or collateral cases . Meantime , Poor Peter Peebles , whose shallow brain was altogether un- able to ...
... person to another , from whom he thought he could still glean some grains of information , either concerning the point at is- sue , or collateral cases . Meantime , Poor Peter Peebles , whose shallow brain was altogether un- able to ...
Side 35
... persons who had interfered in their smug- gling trade to the Isle of Man , and elsewhere , and keeping them under restraint for many weeks . On this account , Mr Fairford was naturally led to feel anxiety concerning the fate of his late ...
... persons who had interfered in their smug- gling trade to the Isle of Man , and elsewhere , and keeping them under restraint for many weeks . On this account , Mr Fairford was naturally led to feel anxiety concerning the fate of his late ...
Side 37
... haste , to superintend in person the investigation which had been set on foot by his Substitute . This gen- tleman's clerk could say little on the subject of the riot , excepting that it had been serious , NARRATIVE . CHAP . II . 37.
... haste , to superintend in person the investigation which had been set on foot by his Substitute . This gen- tleman's clerk could say little on the subject of the riot , excepting that it had been serious , NARRATIVE . CHAP . II . 37.
Side 39
... person who , next to yourself , is dearest to me in this world , I shall have on my heart , as a subject of eternal regret , that , being in a certain degree warned of his danger , and furnished with the means of obvi- 14 ating it , I ...
... person who , next to yourself , is dearest to me in this world , I shall have on my heart , as a subject of eternal regret , that , being in a certain degree warned of his danger , and furnished with the means of obvi- 14 ating it , 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 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.