Waverley Novels ...: The fair maid of PerthBlack, 1853 |
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... hear him hollowing out to the patriarch , amid the deluge , Mighty hazy weather , Master Noah . " " · " Do not mistake me , my dear madam , " said I ; " I am quite conscious of my own immunities as a tale - teller . But even the ...
... hear him hollowing out to the patriarch , amid the deluge , Mighty hazy weather , Master Noah . " " · " Do not mistake me , my dear madam , " said I ; " I am quite conscious of my own immunities as a tale - teller . But even the ...
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... hears of no swordsman but he envies his reputa- tion , and must needs put his valour to the proof . He sees no brawl but he must strike into the midst of it . Has he friends , he fights with them for love and honour ; has he enemies ...
... hears of no swordsman but he envies his reputa- tion , and must needs put his valour to the proof . He sees no brawl but he must strike into the midst of it . Has he friends , he fights with them for love and honour ; has he enemies ...
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... hear me but a word before going on with a string of reproaches against my friend , that sound something like sense , while they are , in truth , inconsistent with all we hear and see around us . What , " continued the Glover , " do our ...
... hear me but a word before going on with a string of reproaches against my friend , that sound something like sense , while they are , in truth , inconsistent with all we hear and see around us . What , " continued the Glover , " do our ...
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... hear save Henry Smith , the son of mine adoption . " Dorothy did not venture to remonstrate , but taking off her glass , or rather her goblet , with good courage , retired to her sleeping apartment , according to her master's commands ...
... hear save Henry Smith , the son of mine adoption . " Dorothy did not venture to remonstrate , but taking off her glass , or rather her goblet , with good courage , retired to her sleeping apartment , according to her master's commands ...
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... hear mass at the Black Friars . So I thought I would follow thither ; partly to hear the same mass with you , and partly - Our Lady and St. Valentine forgive me ! —to look upon one who thinks little enough of me— -And , as you entered ...
... hear mass at the Black Friars . So I thought I would follow thither ; partly to hear the same mass with you , and partly - Our Lady and St. Valentine forgive me ! —to look upon one who thinks little enough of me— -And , as you entered ...
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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.