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... In Bowar he is Scheabeg , i.e. , Toshach the Little . 3 i.e. , Fate , doom . 4 The waur — the worse . Muth and mad , i.e. , exhausted both in body and in mind . ' Anno Dom . millesimo trecentesimo nonagesimo sex- to , xii PREFACE.
... In Bowar he is Scheabeg , i.e. , Toshach the Little . 3 i.e. , Fate , doom . 4 The waur — the worse . Muth and mad , i.e. , exhausted both in body and in mind . ' Anno Dom . millesimo trecentesimo nonagesimo sex- to , xii PREFACE.
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... Body of me , ' exclaimed Simon , ' I should know that voice ! And is it thou , in thy bodily person , Harry Gow ? Nay , beshrew me if thou passest this door with dry lips . What , man , curfew has not rung yet , and if it had , it were ...
... Body of me , ' exclaimed Simon , ' I should know that voice ! And is it thou , in thy bodily person , Harry Gow ? Nay , beshrew me if thou passest this door with dry lips . What , man , curfew has not rung yet , and if it had , it were ...
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... body over the collar - bone , which must have been a mortal wound . But the object of this violence was so ready to defend himself by striking up the assailant's hand , that the blow only glanced on the bone , and scarce drew blood . To ...
... body over the collar - bone , which must have been a mortal wound . But the object of this violence was so ready to defend himself by striking up the assailant's hand , that the blow only glanced on the bone , and scarce drew blood . To ...
Page 53
... body of the man who had been mounting , prevented him from regaining his feet . His accomplices struck fiercely at Henry , to extricate their companion . But the mail - coat stood him in good stead , and he repaid their blows with ...
... body of the man who had been mounting , prevented him from regaining his feet . His accomplices struck fiercely at Henry , to extricate their companion . But the mail - coat stood him in good stead , and he repaid their blows with ...
Page 61
... body - clothes , since the request is the only words like a woman that thou hast uttered for these ten days . Truly , son Harry , I would my daughter would put off being entirely a saint till the time comes for her being canonised for ...
... body - clothes , since the request is the only words like a woman that thou hast uttered for these ten days . Truly , son Harry , I would my daughter would put off being entirely a saint till the time comes for her being canonised for ...
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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.
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