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Side 41
... such a pursuit would give a ridiculous eclat to the whole affair , which could not be otherwise than prejudicial to his son's rising character . Bitter , however , were Saunders Fairford's re- flections , NARRATIVE . 41 CHAP . II .
... such a pursuit would give a ridiculous eclat to the whole affair , which could not be otherwise than prejudicial to his son's rising character . Bitter , however , were Saunders Fairford's re- flections , NARRATIVE . 41 CHAP . II .
Side 56
... evening so much , that , looking back on the whole circumstances , I cannot but think he had some particular motive for his conduct . These par- ticulars I have mentioned , that if these papers fall 56 CHAP . III . JOURNAL .
... evening so much , that , looking back on the whole circumstances , I cannot but think he had some particular motive for his conduct . These par- ticulars I have mentioned , that if these papers fall 56 CHAP . III . JOURNAL .
Side 67
... whole ge- neration of them useless at the same moment . " A deep shade of displeasure passed over John Davies's weather - beaten countenance . " Belike your honour is going to take the command your- self then ? " he said , after a pause ...
... whole ge- neration of them useless at the same moment . " A deep shade of displeasure passed over John Davies's weather - beaten countenance . " Belike your honour is going to take the command your- self then ? " he said , after a pause ...
Side 81
... whole subsequent day and part of the night . It was not uniformly so profound , for my recollection of it is chequered with many dreams , all of a painful nature , but too faint and too indistinct for recollection . At length the moment ...
... whole subsequent day and part of the night . It was not uniformly so profound , for my recollection of it is chequered with many dreams , all of a painful nature , but too faint and too indistinct for recollection . At length the moment ...
Side 99
... whole apartment appropriated to my use consisted of the bed - room , a small parlour ad- jacent , within which was a still smaller closet , having a narrow window , which seemed ancient- ly to have been used as a shot - hole JOURNAL ...
... whole apartment appropriated to my use consisted of the bed - room , a small parlour ad- jacent , within which was a still smaller closet , having a narrow window , which seemed ancient- ly to have been used as a shot - hole JOURNAL ...
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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 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.