Waverley Novels ...: The fair maid of PerthBlack, 1853 |
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... armourer ; " I make swords , indeed , but I leave it to other people to use them . No , no - seldom have I a naked sword in my fist , save when I am turning them on the anvil or grindstone ; and they slandered me to your daughter ...
... armourer ; " I make swords , indeed , but I leave it to other people to use them . No , no - seldom have I a naked sword in my fist , save when I am turning them on the anvil or grindstone ; and they slandered me to your daughter ...
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... armourer ; " look to Catharine . " * Cateran , or robber , the usual designation of the Celtic borderers on the lands of the Sassenach . The beautiful Lake of the Trosachs is supposed to have taken its name from the habits of its ...
... armourer ; " look to Catharine . " * Cateran , or robber , the usual designation of the Celtic borderers on the lands of the Sassenach . The beautiful Lake of the Trosachs is supposed to have taken its name from the habits of its ...
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... armourer ; " and now that the colour is coming to Catharine's cheek again , you shall see me a sound man in a moment . " turned to a corner in which hung a small mirror , and hastily took from his purse some dry lint to apply to the ...
... armourer ; " and now that the colour is coming to Catharine's cheek again , you shall see me a sound man in a moment . " turned to a corner in which hung a small mirror , and hastily took from his purse some dry lint to apply to the ...
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... armourer that ever made sword , and the truest soldier that ever drew one ? " " My dearest father , " answered Catharine , " your words con tradict themselves , if you will permit your child to say so . Let us thank God and the good ...
... armourer that ever made sword , and the truest soldier that ever drew one ? " " My dearest father , " answered Catharine , " your words con tradict themselves , if you will permit your child to say so . Let us thank God and the good ...
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... armourer , indeed , while he heard the lips that were dear- est to him paint his character in such unfavourable colours , had laid his head down on the table , upon his folded arms , in an atti- tude of the deepest dejection , or almost ...
... armourer , indeed , while he heard the lips that were dear- est to him paint his character in such unfavourable colours , had laid his head down on the table , upon his folded arms , in an atti- tude of the deepest dejection , or almost ...
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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.