Waverley Novels ...: The fair maid of PerthBlack, 1853 |
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... royal banner against the Lord of the Isles . This historian is of opinion that the Clan Quhele of Wyntoun were the Camerons , who appear to have about that period been often designated as Macewans , and to have gained much more recently ...
... royal banner against the Lord of the Isles . This historian is of opinion that the Clan Quhele of Wyntoun were the Camerons , who appear to have about that period been often designated as Macewans , and to have gained much more recently ...
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... 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 colours to the violet . No ...
... 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 colours to the violet . No ...
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... Royal Court , when it chanced to be residing in or near Perth ; inso- much , that more than one nobleman of the highest rank , and most distinguished for deeds of chivalry , were more attentive to exhibit feats of horsemanship as they ...
... Royal Court , when it chanced to be residing in or near Perth ; inso- much , that more than one nobleman of the highest rank , and most distinguished for deeds of chivalry , were more attentive to exhibit feats of horsemanship as they ...
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... royal rest , and presenting to him the piteous case of our being called forth from our beds at this season , with little better cover- ing than these shirts , I would show him this bloody token , and know from his Grace's own royal lips ...
... royal rest , and presenting to him the piteous case of our being called forth from our beds at this season , with little better cover- ing than these shirts , I would show him this bloody token , and know from his Grace's own royal lips ...
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... royal burghs of Scotland , that the latter , where it was practicable , often chose their Provost , or Chief Magistrate , not out of the order of the merchants , shopkeepers , and citizens , who inhabited the town itself , and filled up ...
... royal burghs of Scotland , that the latter , where it was practicable , often chose their Provost , or Chief Magistrate , not out of the order of the merchants , shopkeepers , and citizens , who inhabited the town itself , and filled up ...
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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.