Waverley Novels ...: The fair maid of PerthBlack, 1853 |
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... resi- dence of the Earls of Moray - from whose different titles , and so forth , the names of the places and streets erected were , of course , taken . Aug. 1831 . once more made glad , and her long silent echoes CHRONICLES ...
... resi- dence of the Earls of Moray - from whose different titles , and so forth , the names of the places and streets erected were , of course , taken . Aug. 1831 . once more made glad , and her long silent echoes CHRONICLES ...
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... of Berwick , fell in one of the battles on the Border , which followed on the treason of the Earl of March , alluded to hereafter . which the Smith had spoken of his Highland customer . 28 CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE . 28.
... of Berwick , fell in one of the battles on the Border , which followed on the treason of the Earl of March , alluded to hereafter . which the Smith had spoken of his Highland customer . 28 CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE . 28.
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... Earl of Douglas ; and the Earl and the Lord , and the Laird and I the Esquire , fly our hawks where we find our game , and ask no man whose ground we ride over . " * " I will do your message , sir , " replied Oliver Proudfute , meekly ...
... Earl of Douglas ; and the Earl and the Lord , and the Laird and I the Esquire , fly our hawks where we find our game , and ask no man whose ground we ride over . " * " I will do your message , sir , " replied Oliver Proudfute , meekly ...
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... Earl of Carrick , such was then his title , received a kick from the horse of Sir James Douglas of Dal- keith ; in consequence of which , he was lame for the rest of his life , and absolutely disabled from taking share either in warfare ...
... Earl of Carrick , such was then his title , received a kick from the horse of Sir James Douglas of Dal- keith ; in consequence of which , he was lame for the rest of his life , and absolutely disabled from taking share either in warfare ...
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... Earl was also nearly related to the throne , having married the eldest daughter of the reigning Monarch . After the espousals of the Duke of Rothsay with the Earl of March's daughter , Douglas , as if he had postponed his share in the ...
... Earl was also nearly related to the throne , having married the eldest daughter of the reigning Monarch . After the espousals of the Duke of Rothsay with the Earl of March's daughter , Douglas , as if he had postponed his share in the ...
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Page 132 - Cameron's gathering' rose! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes: How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their mountain-pipe, so fill the mountaineers With the fierce native daring which instils The stirring memory of a thousand years, And Evan's, Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears!
Page 80 - Isabel, I suppose you mean," answered the Smith. "Ay — Isabel or Jezabel — all the same, you know. But here comes Bailie Craigdallie at last, with that poor, creeping, cowardly creature the Pottingar.