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... speaking , he conformed with the utmost docility , expressing no wish for greater or more frequent relaxation than consisted with his father's anxious and se- vere restrictions . When he did indulge in any juvenile frolics , his father ...
... speaking , he conformed with the utmost docility , expressing no wish for greater or more frequent relaxation than consisted with his father's anxious and se- vere restrictions . When he did indulge in any juvenile frolics , his father ...
Side 15
... speak loud , now to whis- per in his ear , now to deck his ghastly counte- nance with wreathed smiles , now to cloud it with a shade of deep and solemn importance , and anon to contort it with the sneer of scorn and derision . These ...
... speak loud , now to whis- per in his ear , now to deck his ghastly counte- nance with wreathed smiles , now to cloud it with a shade of deep and solemn importance , and anon to contort it with the sneer of scorn and derision . These ...
Side 17
... speak seriously of the injuries he has sustained , and the condition he is reduced to , how can I expect but that the very appearance of such an absurd scarecrow will turn it all into ridicule ? " " There is something in that , " said ...
... speak seriously of the injuries he has sustained , and the condition he is reduced to , how can I expect but that the very appearance of such an absurd scarecrow will turn it all into ridicule ? " " There is something in that , " said ...
Side 28
... speaking , either now or at next cailing of the cause , upon the point which Plainstanes's lawyer had advert- ed to . Alan modestly apologized for what in fact had been an omission very pardonable in so compli- cated a case , and ...
... speaking , either now or at next cailing of the cause , upon the point which Plainstanes's lawyer had advert- ed to . Alan modestly apologized for what in fact had been an omission very pardonable in so compli- cated a case , and ...
Side 33
... 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 three NARRATIVE . 33 CHAP . II .
... 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 three NARRATIVE . 33 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.