 | 1814 - 548 pages
...they may be very right ; but if they laugh because they think 1 would not keep my word, and come hack to redeem him, I can tell them they ken neither the...further inclination to laugh among the audience, and H dead silence ensued.' the law of high treason, with all its horrible accompaniments.' — pp. 2!»9... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 - 1814 - 390 pages
...that of Vich Ian Vohr, its like enough they may be very right ; but if they laugh because they think 1 would not keep my word, and come back to redeem him,...Hielandman, nor the honour of a gentleman." There was no farther inclination to laugh among the audience, and a dead silence ensued. The judge then pronounced... | |
 | 1835 - 102 pages
...a poor man, such as me, thinks my life, or the life of six of my degree, is worth that of Vich Jan Vohr, it's like enough they may be very right : but...heart of a Hielandman nor the honour of a gentleman." The self-devotion of a Cm tins or a Regulus might have a higher object, but it could not betray greater... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 710 pages
...they may be verv right ; but if they laugh because thej think I would not keep my word, and come bark to redeem him, I can tell them they ken neither the...silence ensued. The Judge then pronounced upon both prisonen) the sentence of the law of high treason, with all its horrible accompaniments. The execution... | |
 | Walter Scott - Historical fiction, Scottish - 1842 - 716 pages
...hang, and you may begin wi' me the very first man." Notwithstanding the solemnity of the occasion, a sort of laugh was heard in the court at the extraordinary...silence ensued. The Judge then pronounced upon both prisoners the sentence of the law of high treason, with all its horrible accompaniments. The execution... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1846 - 850 pages
...keep my word, and come back to redeem him, I can tell them they ken neither the heart of a Hiclandman, nor the honour of a gentleman." There was no further...silence ensued. The Judge then pronounced upon both prisoners the sentence of the law of high treason, with all its horrible accompaniments. The execution... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1848 - 306 pages
...may begin wi' me the very first man-" Notwithstanding the solemnity of the occasion, a sort of langh was heard in the court at the extraordinary nature...Hielandman, nor the honour of a gentleman." There was no farther inclination to laugh among the audience, and a dead silence ensued. The Judge then pronounced... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 704 pages
...worth that of Vich Ian Vohr, it'slike enough they may be verv right; but if they Iriugh b'-eaus.« they think I would not keep my word, and come back...gentleman? There was no further inclination to laugh атопд the audience, and a dead silence ensued. The Judge then pronounced upon both prisoner! the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1852 - 604 pages
...hang, and you may begin wi5 me the very first man." Notwithstanding the solemnity of the occasion, a sort of laugh was heard in the court at the extraordinary...Hielandman, nor the honour of a gentleman." There was no farther inclination to laugh among the audience, and a dead silence ensued. The judge then pronounced... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 604 pages
...hang, and you may begin wi* me the very first man." ^ Notwithstanding the solemnity of the occasion, a sort of laugh was heard in the court at the extraordinary...Hielandman, nor the honour of a gentleman." There was no farther inclination to laugh among the audience, and a dead silence ensued. The judge then pronounced... | |
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Saxon gentlemen are laughing," he said, "because a poor man, such as me, thinks my life, or the life of six of my degree, is worth that of Vich Ian Vohr, it's like enough they may be very right ; but if they laugh because they think I would not keep my... 
