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Side 64
... door , and acknowledging the presence of friends . A hoarse voice then demanded , in ra- ther unfriendly accents , who we were , and what we wanted ; and it was not until Joshua named him- self , and called upon his superintendant to ...
... door , and acknowledging the presence of friends . A hoarse voice then demanded , in ra- ther unfriendly accents , who we were , and what we wanted ; and it was not until Joshua named him- self , and called upon his superintendant to ...
Side 69
... door of the cottage . " Nature made him with a heart that would not have suffered him to harm a fly ; but thou seest , friend Latimer , that as men arm their bull - dogs with spiked collars , and their game - cocks with steel spurs , to ...
... door of the cottage . " Nature made him with a heart that would not have suffered him to harm a fly ; but thou seest , friend Latimer , that as men arm their bull - dogs with spiked collars , and their game - cocks with steel spurs , to ...
Side 73
... door and back again , then came to the bed- side and licked my hands and face , and at length , experiencing no repulse to its advances , establish- ed itself at my feet , and went to sleep , an ex- ample which I soon afterwards ...
... door and back again , then came to the bed- side and licked my hands and face , and at length , experiencing no repulse to its advances , establish- ed itself at my feet , and went to sleep , an ex- ample which I soon afterwards ...
Side 74
... door of the cottage , and perceived , at the distance of about two hundred yards , a small but close column of men , which I would have taken for a dark hedge , but that I could perceive it was advancing ra- pidly and in silence . The ...
... door of the cottage , and perceived , at the distance of about two hundred yards , a small but close column of men , which I would have taken for a dark hedge , but that I could perceive it was advancing ra- pidly and in silence . The ...
Side 75
... door , and slipping his arm through mine , said , " Let us go to meet them manfully ; we have done nothing to be ashamed of . - Friends , " he said , raising his voice as we approached them , " who and what are you , and with what ...
... door , and slipping his arm through mine , said , " Let us go to meet them manfully ; we have done nothing to be ashamed of . - Friends , " he said , raising his voice as we approached them , " who and what are you , and with what ...
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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.