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Side 95
... continued to operate , and satisfied in my own mind that no attempt on my life was designed , the fear of in- stant death no longer combated the torpor which crept over me - I slept , and slept soundly , but still without refreshment ...
... continued to operate , and satisfied in my own mind that no attempt on my life was designed , the fear of in- stant death no longer combated the torpor which crept over me - I slept , and slept soundly , but still without refreshment ...
Side 139
... continued to bend my strict- est attention to what followed among this sin- gular party . That Poor Peter Peebles had been put upon this wild - goose chase , by some of his juvenile advisers in the Parliament House , he himself had ...
... continued to bend my strict- est attention to what followed among this sin- gular party . That Poor Peter Peebles had been put upon this wild - goose chase , by some of his juvenile advisers in the Parliament House , he himself had ...
Side 151
... continued , " And were such a scrawl as this presented to me in my own house , I would throw it into the chimney , and Mr Faggot upon the top of it . " Accordingly , seconding the word with the ac- tion , he flung the warrant into the ...
... continued , " And were such a scrawl as this presented to me in my own house , I would throw it into the chimney , and Mr Faggot upon the top of it . " Accordingly , seconding the word with the ac- tion , he flung the warrant into the ...
Side 180
... continued to pace the room after this speech , with folded arms and downcast looks ; and the sound of his steps and tone of his voice brought to my remembrance , that I had heard this singular person , when I met him on a former ...
... continued to pace the room after this speech , with folded arms and downcast looks ; and the sound of his steps and tone of his voice brought to my remembrance , that I had heard this singular person , when I met him on a former ...
Side 220
... continued Fairford , “ is it not possible that , in the mistaken belief that Mr La- timer was a spy , upon such suspicion , he may have caused him to be carried off and confined somewhere ? -Such things are done at elections , and on ...
... continued Fairford , “ is it not possible that , in the mistaken belief that Mr La- timer was a spy , upon such suspicion , he may have caused him to be carried off and confined somewhere ? -Such things are done at elections , and on ...
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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.