Waverley Novels ...: The fair maid of PerthBlack, 1853 |
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... standing , in presence of King Robert III . , his brother the Duke of Albany , and the whole court of Scotland , at Perth , in the year of grace 1396 , seemed to mark with equal distinctness the rancour of these mountain - feuds , and ...
... standing , in presence of King Robert III . , his brother the Duke of Albany , and the whole court of Scotland , at Perth , in the year of grace 1396 , seemed to mark with equal distinctness the rancour of these mountain - feuds , and ...
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... standing -neither water nor anything else will ever remove them from that spot . " Now , our cockney , amongst other articles , sold Scouring Drops , as they are called , and a stain of two hundred and fifty years standing was ...
... standing -neither water nor anything else will ever remove them from that spot . " Now , our cockney , amongst other articles , sold Scouring Drops , as they are called , and a stain of two hundred and fifty years standing was ...
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... stand informed - Come , proceed ; who comes next ? " con- tinued Mrs. Baliol . " Who comes next ? Yon tall , thin - made , savage - looking man , with the petronel in his hand , must be Andrew Ker of Fal- donside , a brother's son , I ...
... stand informed - Come , proceed ; who comes next ? " con- tinued Mrs. Baliol . " Who comes next ? Yon tall , thin - made , savage - looking man , with the petronel in his hand , must be Andrew Ker of Fal- donside , a brother's son , I ...
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... stands , in order to proceed to Curfew Street , + when it occurred to him , from the appearance of the sky , that he was at least an hour too early for his purpose , and that it would be better not to appear at the place of rendezvous ...
... stands , in order to proceed to Curfew Street , + when it occurred to him , from the appearance of the sky , that he was at least an hour too early for his purpose , and that it would be better not to appear at the place of rendezvous ...
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... stand still as a true prisoner . " " What is the matter , my son Harry ? " said Simon , who now appeared at the window . " I hear thy voice in another tone than I expected . What is all this noise ; and why are the neighbours gathering ...
... stand still as a true prisoner . " " What is the matter , my son Harry ? " said Simon , who now appeared at the window . " I hear thy voice in another tone than I expected . What is all this noise ; and why are the neighbours gathering ...
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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.