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... bonnets , and their trim mustaches : they are not of our class , nor will we aim at pairing with them . To - morrow is St. Valentine's Day , when every bird chooses her mate ; but you will not see the linnet pair with the sparrow- hawk ...
... bonnets , and their trim mustaches : they are not of our class , nor will we aim at pairing with them . To - morrow is St. Valentine's Day , when every bird chooses her mate ; but you will not see the linnet pair with the sparrow- hawk ...
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... bonnet from young and old . As the pair moved on arm in arm , they were followed by a tall handsome young man , dressed in a yeoman's habit of the plainest kind , but which showed to advan- tage his fine limbs , as the handsome ...
... bonnet from young and old . As the pair moved on arm in arm , they were followed by a tall handsome young man , dressed in a yeoman's habit of the plainest kind , but which showed to advan- tage his fine limbs , as the handsome ...
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... bonnet . Now , let Catharine be as good a wench as ever lived , and I will uphold her to be the best in Perth , 2 A principal street in Perth . 1 See Note 12 . yet she must see and know that these things make 42 WAVERLEY NOVELS.
... bonnet . Now , let Catharine be as good a wench as ever lived , and I will uphold her to be the best in Perth , 2 A principal street in Perth . 1 See Note 12 . yet she must see and know that these things make 42 WAVERLEY NOVELS.
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... served to conceal a whinger , or couteau de chasse , that hung at his belt , and was his only offensive weapon , for he carried in his hand but a rod of holly . His black velvet bonnet was lined with steel , quilted be- 48.
... served to conceal a whinger , or couteau de chasse , that hung at his belt , and was his only offensive weapon , for he carried in his hand but a rod of holly . His black velvet bonnet was lined with steel , quilted be- 48.
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Sir Walter Scott. black velvet bonnet was lined with steel , quilted be- tween the metal and his head , and thus constituted a means of defence which might safely be trusted to . Upon the whole , Henry had the appearance , to which he ...
Sir Walter Scott. black velvet bonnet was lined with steel , quilted be- tween the metal and his head , and thus constituted a means of defence which might safely be trusted to . Upon the whole , Henry had the appearance , to which he ...
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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...