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... , sometime Governor of Berwick , fell in one of the battles on the Border which followed on the treason of the Earl of March , alluded to hereafter . who , thou knowest , father , was somewhat lank 21 THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH.
... , sometime Governor of Berwick , fell in one of the battles on the Border which followed on the treason of the Earl of March , alluded to hereafter . who , thou knowest , father , was somewhat lank 21 THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH.
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... Earl of Douglas ; and the earl and the lord , and the laird and I , the esquire , fly our hawks where we find our game , and ask no man whose ground we ride over.'1 ' I will do your message , sir , ' replied Oliver Proudfute , meekly ...
... Earl of Douglas ; and the earl and the lord , and the laird and I , the esquire , fly our hawks where we find our game , and ask no man whose ground we ride over.'1 ' I will do your message , sir , ' replied Oliver Proudfute , meekly ...
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... Earl of Carrick , such was then his title , received a kick from the horse of Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith , in consequence of which he was lame for the rest of his life , and absolutely disabled from taking share either in warfare or ...
... Earl of Carrick , such was then his title , received a kick from the horse of Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith , in consequence of which he was lame for the rest of his life , and absolutely disabled from taking share either in warfare or ...
Page 136
... Earl of Dunbar and March , who possessed , by himself or his vassals , a great part of the eastern frontier , was preferred to other competitors ; and his daughter was , with the mutual good - will of the young couple , actually ...
... Earl of Dunbar and March , who possessed , by himself or his vassals , a great part of the eastern frontier , was preferred to other competitors ; and his daughter was , with the mutual good - will of the young couple , actually ...
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... Earl deeply resented the wrong done to himself and his daughter , and was generally understood to study revenge , which his great influence on the English frontier was likely to place within his power . In the meantime , the Duke of ...
... Earl deeply resented the wrong done to himself and his daughter , and was generally understood to study revenge , which his great influence on the English frontier was likely to place within his power . In the meantime , the Duke of ...
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Page 203 - 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...
Page 111 - Have a care he does not hear you say so,' said the smith. 'I tell thee, bonnet-maker, that there is more danger in yonder slight wasted anatomy than in twenty stout fellows like yourself.
Page 304 - LANG hae thought, my youthfu' friend, A something to have sent you, Tho' it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps, it may turn out a sang, Perhaps, turn out a sermon.
Page 49 - Each robber chief upheld his armed halls, Doing his evil will, nor less elate Than mightier heroes of a longer date. What want these outlaws conquerors should have? But History's purchased page to call them great? A wider space, an ornamented grave? Their hopes were not less warm, their souls were full as brave.
Page 460 - What's property ? dear Swift ! you see it alter From you to me, from me to Peter Walter; Or, in a mortgage, prove a lawyer's share; Or, in a jointure, vanish from the heir...