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 18
... means , of often down by water to Greenwich , and employs as whilk mair anon ; but I thought I wad never ware a many of the barge - men and water - men of all kinds ; saxpence sterling on ane of their saucy chamberlains and maintains ...
... means , of often down by water to Greenwich , and employs as whilk mair anon ; but I thought I wad never ware a many of the barge - men and water - men of all kinds ; saxpence sterling on ane of their saucy chamberlains and maintains ...
Page 21
... means of knowing the truth ; and you were better up to the neck in the Nor - Loch , which you like so well , than tell a leasing where his Ma- jesty's name is concerned . " " There is nae occasion for leasing - making about the matter ...
... means of knowing the truth ; and you were better up to the neck in the Nor - Loch , which you like so well , than tell a leasing where his Ma- jesty's name is concerned . " " There is nae occasion for leasing - making about the matter ...
Page 29
... means to throw him out of favour again . The celebrated Archie Armstrong offered Sir Mungo , in his generosity , a skirt of his own fool's coat , proposing thereby to communicate to him the privileges and immunities of a professed ...
... means to throw him out of favour again . The celebrated Archie Armstrong offered Sir Mungo , in his generosity , a skirt of his own fool's coat , proposing thereby to communicate to him the privileges and immunities of a professed ...
Page 44
... means of the royal warrant , and must wave in his favour the right of instant foreclosure , which may be , I should think , the more easily managed , as the right of redemption must be exercised in his own name . ' " But where shall we ...
... means of the royal warrant , and must wave in his favour the right of instant foreclosure , which may be , I should think , the more easily managed , as the right of redemption must be exercised in his own name . ' " But where shall we ...
Page 56
... means than those by which you became a favourite twenty years ago . " By my faith , I am afraid thou wilt , " answered his father . " I tell thee , Malcolm , I would sooner wish myself in the grave , than doubt thine honesty or ho- nour ...
... means than those by which you became a favourite twenty years ago . " By my faith , I am afraid thou wilt , " answered his father . " I tell thee , Malcolm , I would sooner wish myself in the grave , than doubt thine honesty or ho- nour ...
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