Waverley Novels ...: The fair maid of PerthBlack, 1853 |
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... Town and New New Town , not to mention the favourite Moray Place , which is the newest New Town of all . * We will not match ourselves except with our equals , and with our equals in age only , for in dignity we admit of none . We boast ...
... Town and New New Town , not to mention the favourite Moray Place , which is the newest New Town of all . * We will not match ourselves except with our equals , and with our equals in age only , for in dignity we admit of none . We boast ...
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... towns . ' " If such be your advice , my dear lady , " said I , " the course of my story shall take its rise , upon this occasion , at a remote period of history , and in a province removed from my natural sphere of the Canongate . " It ...
... towns . ' " If such be your advice , my dear lady , " said I , " the course of my story shall take its rise , upon this occasion , at a remote period of history , and in a province removed from my natural sphere of the Canongate . " It ...
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... town the import- ance of a Roman foundation . That victorious nation , it is said , pretended to recognise the Tiber in the much more magnificent and navigable Tay , and to acknowledge the large level space , well known by the name of ...
... town the import- ance of a Roman foundation . That victorious nation , it is said , pretended to recognise the Tiber in the much more magnificent and navigable Tay , and to acknowledge the large level space , well known by the name of ...
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... town of Perth , rearing its grey head among the rich pastures , and beside the gleaming waters of that noblest of Scottish streams , must remain so as to justify warmer language than Mr. Croftangry had at his command . Aug. 1831 ...
... town of Perth , rearing its grey head among the rich pastures , and beside the gleaming waters of that noblest of Scottish streams , must remain so as to justify warmer language than Mr. Croftangry had at his command . Aug. 1831 ...
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... thin plate of iron used for the manufacture of the staple luxury of Scotland , the oaten cake . The town of Culross was long celebrated for its girdles . CHAPTER III . Whence cometh Smith , be he knight 36 CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE .
... thin plate of iron used for the manufacture of the staple luxury of Scotland , the oaten cake . The town of Culross was long celebrated for its girdles . CHAPTER III . Whence cometh Smith , be he knight 36 CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE .
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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.