Waverley Novels ...: The fair maid of PerthBlack, 1853 |
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... danger so near home as we are . ' 29 The Glover fell behind accordingly , and certainly observed a person keep so close to them , as , the time and place considered , justified some suspicion . When they crossed the street , he also ...
... danger so near home as we are . ' 29 The Glover fell behind accordingly , and certainly observed a person keep so close to them , as , the time and place considered , justified some suspicion . When they crossed the street , he also ...
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... dangerous - looking men holding counsel together , and gazing at you and at her , and in especial Sir John Ramorny , whom I knew well enough , for all his disguise , and the velvet patch over his eye , and his cloak so like a serving ...
... dangerous - looking men holding counsel together , and gazing at you and at her , and in especial Sir John Ramorny , whom I knew well enough , for all his disguise , and the velvet patch over his eye , and his cloak so like a serving ...
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... danger , bear the least resem- blance to that of the bravoes or swash - bucklers of the day , amongst whom Henry was sometimes unjustly ranked by those who imputed the frays , in which he was so often engaged , to a quarrelsome and ...
... danger , bear the least resem- blance to that of the bravoes or swash - bucklers of the day , amongst whom Henry was sometimes unjustly ranked by those who imputed the frays , in which he was so often engaged , to a quarrelsome and ...
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... danger in him , I promise you . Stay but an instant where you are , and let no one enter the house , either to attack or defend . I will be answerable that this galliard meant but some Saint Valentine's jest . " So saying , the old man ...
... danger in him , I promise you . Stay but an instant where you are , and let no one enter the house , either to attack or defend . I will be answerable that this galliard meant but some Saint Valentine's jest . " So saying , the old man ...
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... danger too as fast . I have seen them do so myself , for the matter of that . " 66_____ And there are times , " replied Simon , " when King Arthur and his Round Table could not make stand against them . I wish , Henry , you would speak ...
... danger too as fast . I have seen them do so myself , for the matter of that . " 66_____ And there are times , " replied Simon , " when King Arthur and his Round Table could not make stand against them . I wish , Henry , you would speak ...
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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.