The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last Additions and Illustrations, Volume 4Conner & Cooke, 1833 |
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Page 108
... Chiffinch ? " " It is your pleasure to say so , my lord , " answered Smith , ( whom we shall hereafter call by his real name of Chiffinch , ) with much drunken gravity , for his speech had become a little altered by his copious ...
... Chiffinch ? " " It is your pleasure to say so , my lord , " answered Smith , ( whom we shall hereafter call by his real name of Chiffinch , ) with much drunken gravity , for his speech had become a little altered by his copious ...
Page 109
... Chiffinch , " said my lord , " that is a reinforcement after the fashion of thine own best tactics . But bethink thee , man ! To make such a conquest , there wants more than a cherry - cheek and a bright eye - there must be wit - wit ...
... Chiffinch , " said my lord , " that is a reinforcement after the fashion of thine own best tactics . But bethink thee , man ! To make such a conquest , there wants more than a cherry - cheek and a bright eye - there must be wit - wit ...
Page 110
... Chiffinch ,. " Not so , Chiffinch , " answered his companion . " I know thou fearest nothing but beans and bacon , wash- ed down with bumpkin - like beer .-- Adieu , sweet Chif- finch - to bed - Chiffinch - to bed . " 46 ' Spoken like a ...
... Chiffinch ,. " Not so , Chiffinch , " answered his companion . " I know thou fearest nothing but beans and bacon , wash- ed down with bumpkin - like beer .-- Adieu , sweet Chif- finch - to bed - Chiffinch - to bed . " 46 ' Spoken like a ...
Page 111
... Chiffinch , " said Tom ; " and so I am thinking doth this honest man here , who need not have heard quite so much of your counsel , an it had been your will . " " I am bewitched this morning , " said Chiffinch to himself , " or else the ...
... Chiffinch , " said Tom ; " and so I am thinking doth this honest man here , who need not have heard quite so much of your counsel , an it had been your will . " " I am bewitched this morning , " said Chiffinch to himself , " or else the ...
Page 112
... Chiffinch had to mourn the downfall of his ing evening . intrigue , and its premature discovery . " To this fel- low , at least , " he thought , " I can have bragged none -here my evil genius alone has betrayed me . With this infernal ...
... Chiffinch had to mourn the downfall of his ing evening . intrigue , and its premature discovery . " To this fel- low , at least , " he thought , " I can have bragged none -here my evil genius alone has betrayed me . With this infernal ...
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