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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.
Page xix
... mind why the kings of Scotland , who hung around me , should be each and every one painted with a nose like the knocker of a door , when lo ! the walls once more reëchoed with such shrieks as formerly were as often heard in the Scottish ...
... mind why the kings of Scotland , who hung around me , should be each and every one painted with a nose like the knocker of a door , when lo ! the walls once more reëchoed with such shrieks as formerly were as often heard in the Scottish ...
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... mind , and retained its place as a memorable thing , when much that was influential on my own for- tunes has fled from my recollection . It is therefore natural that , whilst deliberating on what might be 1 See Note 5 . I brought ...
... mind , and retained its place as a memorable thing , when much that was influential on my own for- tunes has fled from my recollection . It is therefore natural that , whilst deliberating on what might be 1 See Note 5 . I brought ...
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... mind than with the person , was , notwithstanding her natural kindness and gentleness of disposition , rather allied to reserve than to gaiety , even when in company with her 1 See Note 7 . equals ; and the earnestness with which she ...
... mind than with the person , was , notwithstanding her natural kindness and gentleness of disposition , rather allied to reserve than to gaiety , even when in company with her 1 See Note 7 . equals ; and the earnestness with which she ...
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... mind ; but when the service was ended , he seemed free from anxiety , as one who had referred himself and his troubles to the disposal of Heaven . The ceremony of High Mass was performed with considerable solemnity , a number of ...
... mind ; but when the service was ended , he seemed free from anxiety , as one who had referred himself and his troubles to the disposal of Heaven . The ceremony of High Mass was performed with considerable solemnity , a number 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...