Waverley Novels ...: The fair maid of PerthBlack, 1853 |
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... grace 1396 , seemed to mark with equal distinctness the rancour of these mountain - feuds , and the degraded condition of the general government of the country ; and it was fixed upon accordingly as the point on which the main incidents ...
... grace 1396 , seemed to mark with equal distinctness the rancour of these mountain - feuds , and the degraded condition of the general government of the country ; and it was fixed upon accordingly as the point on which the main incidents ...
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... Grace's presence , raise him from his royal rest , and presenting to him the piteous case of our being called forth from our beds at this season , with little better cover- ing than these shirts , I would show him this bloody token ...
... Grace's presence , raise him from his royal rest , and presenting to him the piteous case of our being called forth from our beds at this season , with little better cover- ing than these shirts , I would show him this bloody token ...
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... less alarming vivacity , again seized the blushing maiden in his arms , who sub- mitted with a tolerable grace to receive repayment of her salute a dozen times repeated , and with an energy very THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH . 55.
... less alarming vivacity , again seized the blushing maiden in his arms , who sub- mitted with a tolerable grace to receive repayment of her salute a dozen times repeated , and with an energy very THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH . 55.
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... grace Saint Valentine's morn , when blushes best become a maiden's cheek . " As Simon Glover spoke , he pulled away , with gentle violence , the hands which hid his daughter's face . She blushed deeply indeed , but there was more than ...
... grace Saint Valentine's morn , when blushes best become a maiden's cheek . " As Simon Glover spoke , he pulled away , with gentle violence , the hands which hid his daughter's face . She blushed deeply indeed , but there was more than ...
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... grace , which - so help me , St. Macgrider ! —would have put life in an anvil ; and thou awakest to hone , and pine , and moan , as if she had drawn a hot iron across thy lips ! I would to St. John she had sent old Dorothy on the errand ...
... grace , which - so help me , St. Macgrider ! —would have put life in an anvil ; and thou awakest to hone , and pine , and moan , as if she had drawn a hot iron across thy lips ! I would to St. John she had sent old Dorothy on the errand ...
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answered armourer arms Bailie Craigdallie betwixt blood Bonnet-maker Bonthron brother burgh burghers called Carthusian Castle Catharine Glover Church citizens Clan Chattan Clan Quhele combat Conachar daughter door Douglas Duke of Albany Duke of Rothsay Dwining Eachin Earl Earl of Douglas Earl of March Eviot eyes Fair City Fair Maid fear feud follow glee-maiden Grace hand hath hauberk hear heard heart Heaven Henbane Henry Gow Henry Smith Highland honest honour Kinfauns knight liege Loch Tay look lord Lord of Douglas Louise MacIan Maid of Perth maiden matter monk neighbour never noble Oliver Proudfute Palm Sunday Perth poor Prince Prince of Scotland Provost Ramorny's replied royal Saint Scotland seemed Simon Glover Sir John Ramorny Sir Patrick Charteris speak spoke sword tell thee thou art thou hast thought Torquil voice woman word wounded yonder
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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.