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 13
... replied Ramsay , " here has been a cry of thieves or murder , ( I hope that will prove the least of it amongst these English pock - pudding swine ! ) and I have been interrupted in the deepest calculation ever mortal man plunged into ...
... replied Ramsay , " here has been a cry of thieves or murder , ( I hope that will prove the least of it amongst these English pock - pudding swine ! ) and I have been interrupted in the deepest calculation ever mortal man plunged into ...
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... replied the domestic , some- what embarrassed , in spite of his effrontery- " though I think that the sort of truth that serves my master , may weel serve ony ane else . " Pages lie to their masters by right of custom , " said the ...
... replied the domestic , some- what embarrassed , in spite of his effrontery- " though I think that the sort of truth that serves my master , may weel serve ony ane else . " Pages lie to their masters by right of custom , " said the ...
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... replied the goldsmith , " by the famous Florentine , Benvenuto Cellini , and de- signed for Francis the First of France ; but I hope it will find a fitter master . " 64 " God forbid , my liege , " said the citizen , " that I should have ...
... replied the goldsmith , " by the famous Florentine , Benvenuto Cellini , and de- signed for Francis the First of France ; but I hope it will find a fitter master . " 64 " God forbid , my liege , " said the citizen , " that I should have ...
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... replied Maxwell , with a civil sneer , " but not for birth and rank . I am com- pelled by my office to be peremptory . - The entrance is impeded - I am much concerned to say it - your lordship must stand back . " " What is the matter ...
... replied Maxwell , with a civil sneer , " but not for birth and rank . I am com- pelled by my office to be peremptory . - The entrance is impeded - I am much concerned to say it - your lordship must stand back . " " What is the matter ...
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... replied Nigel ; an open enemy is better than a hollow friend . " " For you , my Lord Huntinglen , " said the Duke , " methinks you have but now overstepped the limits of the indulgence permitted to you , as the father of the Prince's ...
... replied Nigel ; an open enemy is better than a hollow friend . " " For you , my Lord Huntinglen , " said the Duke , " methinks you have but now overstepped the limits of the indulgence permitted to you , as the father of the Prince's ...
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