Redgauntlet. By the author of 'Waverley'. |
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... seen at the threshold of the Court hall , or at farthest , at the head of the Back Stairs , neatly dressed in a complete suit of snuff - coloured brown , with stockings of silk or woollen , as suited the weather ; a bob - wig , and a ...
... seen at the threshold of the Court hall , or at farthest , at the head of the Back Stairs , neatly dressed in a complete suit of snuff - coloured brown , with stockings of silk or woollen , as suited the weather ; a bob - wig , and a ...
Side 18
... seen whispering in the ear of Peter Peebles , whose responses came forth in the following broken form : - " Leave the Court for ae minute on this great day of judgment ? -not I , by the Reg - Eh ! what ? Brandy , did ye say - French ...
... seen whispering in the ear of Peter Peebles , whose responses came forth in the following broken form : - " Leave the Court for ae minute on this great day of judgment ? -not I , by the Reg - Eh ! what ? Brandy , did ye say - French ...
Side 19
... seen moving through the Parliament Close , ( which new - fangled affectation has termed a square , ) the triumphant Drudgeit leading captive the passive Peebles , whose legs conducted him towards the dram - shop , while his reverted ...
... seen moving through the Parliament Close , ( which new - fangled affectation has termed a square , ) the triumphant Drudgeit leading captive the passive Peebles , whose legs conducted him towards the dram - shop , while his reverted ...
Side 25
... seen his party shift his character of pursuer or defender , as of- ten as Harlequin effects his transformations , till , in a chase so varied and so long , the unhappy litigant had lost substance , reputation , and almost the use of ...
... seen his party shift his character of pursuer or defender , as of- ten as Harlequin effects his transformations , till , in a chase so varied and so long , the unhappy litigant had lost substance , reputation , and almost the use of ...
Side 36
... 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 .
... 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 .
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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.