Waverley Novels ...: The fair maid of PerthBlack, 1853 |
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... matters , as well as in those of religion , finds it easier to doubt than to examine , and endeavours to assume the credit of an esprit fort , by denying whatever happens to be a little beyond the very limited comprehension of the ...
... matters , as well as in those of religion , finds it easier to doubt than to examine , and endeavours to assume the credit of an esprit fort , by denying whatever happens to be a little beyond the very limited comprehension of the ...
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... matter would have been of very little consequence had Simon Glover been alone ; but the beauty of his daughter might render her the object of some profligate scheme , in a country where the laws afforded such slight protection to those ...
... matter would have been of very little consequence had Simon Glover been alone ; but the beauty of his daughter might render her the object of some profligate scheme , in a country where the laws afforded such slight protection to those ...
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... matters of lawful obedience . Go , call him , I say ; I will not be thus neglected . " Dorothy was presently heard screaming up stairs , or more probably up a ladder , to the cockloft , to which the recusant ap- prentice had made an ...
... matters of lawful obedience . Go , call him , I say ; I will not be thus neglected . " Dorothy was presently heard screaming up stairs , or more probably up a ladder , to the cockloft , to which the recusant ap- prentice had made an ...
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... matter of our daily bread , those who are strong seize it , and live ; those who are weak yield it , and die of hunger . Happy is the man who , like my worthy son , has means of obtaining his living other- wise than by the point of the ...
... matter of our daily bread , those who are strong seize it , and live ; those who are weak yield it , and die of hunger . Happy is the man who , like my worthy son , has means of obtaining his living other- wise than by the point of the ...
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... matter who speaks , " answered the same voice . thou make great speed , or thou wilt scarce make good speed . Bandy not words , but begone . " 66 " Saint or sinner , angel or devil , " said Henry , crossing himself , your advice touches ...
... matter who speaks , " answered the same voice . thou make great speed , or thou wilt scarce make good speed . Bandy not words , but begone . " 66 " Saint or sinner , angel or devil , " said Henry , crossing himself , your advice touches ...
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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.