Waverley Novels ...: The fair maid of PerthBlack, 1853 |
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... pass the night in the royal bed- chamber ? " " For what purpose , my dear lady ? —if to improve the rheuma- tism , this east wind may serve the purpose . " " Improve the rheumatism - Heaven forbid ! that would be worse than adding ...
... pass the night in the royal bed- chamber ? " " For what purpose , my dear lady ? —if to improve the rheuma- tism , this east wind may serve the purpose . " " Improve the rheumatism - Heaven forbid ! that would be worse than adding ...
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... passes connecting the Highlands with the Lowlands . Above , the vegetation of a happier climate and soil is mingled with the magnificent characteristics of moun- tain - scenery , and woods , groves , and thickets in profusion , clothe ...
... passes connecting the Highlands with the Lowlands . Above , the vegetation of a happier climate and soil is mingled with the magnificent characteristics of moun- tain - scenery , and woods , groves , and thickets in profusion , clothe ...
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... pass over the summit of a ridgy eminence which he had gradually surmounted , he beheld , stretching be- neath him , the valley of the Tay , traversed by its ample and lordly stream ; the town of Perth , with its two large meadows or ...
... pass over the summit of a ridgy eminence which he had gradually surmounted , he beheld , stretching be- neath him , the valley of the Tay , traversed by its ample and lordly stream ; the town of Perth , with its two large meadows or ...
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... passing , the Glover's youthful attendant bristled up with a look of defiance , and the air of one who sought to distinguish his zeal in his mistress's service by its ardour . As frequently did Conachar , for such was the lad's name ...
... passing , the Glover's youthful attendant bristled up with a look of defiance , and the air of one who sought to distinguish his zeal in his mistress's service by its ardour . As frequently did Conachar , for such was the lad's name ...
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... pass on ? -Our pace is too slow for that of your lordship - our company too mean for that of your father's son . " " My father's son can best judge of that , old man . I have business to talk of with you and with my fair St. Catharine ...
... pass on ? -Our pace is too slow for that of your lordship - our company too mean for that of your father's son . " " My father's son can best judge of that , old man . I have business to talk of with you and with my fair St. Catharine ...
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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.