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Side 52
... duty of a man to his fellow mortals , and of a Christian towards one who professes the same holy faith , to take the speediest mea- sures for conveying them with speed and safety to the hands of Alan Fairford , Esq . Advocate , residing ...
... duty of a man to his fellow mortals , and of a Christian towards one who professes the same holy faith , to take the speediest mea- sures for conveying them with speed and safety to the hands of Alan Fairford , Esq . Advocate , residing ...
Side 61
... duty of a man and a Christian . " With these words , he ordered his horse in- stantly ; and his sister ceasing to argue with him , folded her arms upon her bosom , and looked up to heaven with a resigned and yet sorrowful countenance ...
... duty of a man and a Christian . " With these words , he ordered his horse in- stantly ; and his sister ceasing to argue with him , folded her arms upon her bosom , and looked up to heaven with a resigned and yet sorrowful countenance ...
Side 72
... duty of following to heel , had strayed from the party , and , unable to rejoin them , had wandered back to the place of its birth . " Another feeble addition to our feeble gar- rison , " said Mr Geddes , as he caressed the dog , and ...
... duty of following to heel , had strayed from the party , and , unable to rejoin them , had wandered back to the place of its birth . " Another feeble addition to our feeble gar- rison , " said Mr Geddes , as he caressed the dog , and ...
Side 85
... duty , I will take such measures for silencing you , as shall re- member the longest day you have to live . ” you I thought I knew the voice which uttered these threats ; but , in such a situation , my perceptions could not be supposed ...
... duty , I will take such measures for silencing you , as shall re- member the longest day you have to live . ” you I thought I knew the voice which uttered these threats ; but , in such a situation , my perceptions could not be supposed ...
Side 101
... duties or enjoyments , and having no curiosity whatever about the affairs of others . Their behaviour to me in particular , is , at the same time , very kind and very provoking . My table is abundantly supplied , and they seem anxions ...
... duties or enjoyments , and having no curiosity whatever about the affairs of others . Their behaviour to me in particular , is , at the same time , very kind and very provoking . My table is abundantly supplied , and they seem anxions ...
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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.