Waverley Novels: The fair maid of Perth. Anne of GeiersteinR. Cadell, 1846 - Historical fiction, Scottish |
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... arms , began to be seen among the throng , the wearers of these warlike distinctions were more rude in their ... arm , and slackened his pace as if joining the party . " Good even to you , goodman . " " The same to your worship , and ...
... arms , began to be seen among the throng , the wearers of these warlike distinctions were more rude in their ... arm , and slackened his pace as if joining the party . " Good even to you , goodman . " " The same to your worship , and ...
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... arms folded on his breast , with a haughty smile , as if defying him to do his worst . When Conachar had entered the church , his opponent , adjusting his cloak yet closer about his face , made a private signal by holding up one of his ...
... arms folded on his breast , with a haughty smile , as if defying him to do his worst . When Conachar had entered the church , his opponent , adjusting his cloak yet closer about his face , made a private signal by holding up one of his ...
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... arms , " said Conachar . " And so have we , and hands and legs and feet . Why sure , Conachar , you are not afraid of one man ? " " Afraid ! " answered Conachar , indignant at the insinuation ; " you shall soon know if I am afraid ...
... arms , " said Conachar . " And so have we , and hands and legs and feet . Why sure , Conachar , you are not afraid of one man ? " " Afraid ! " answered Conachar , indignant at the insinuation ; " you shall soon know if I am afraid ...
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... arms and bloodshed ? What is it these proud knights do , that differs from what our good Henry Gow works out in his sphere ? Who ever heard of his abusing his skill and strength to do evil or forward oppression , and who knows not how ...
... arms and bloodshed ? What is it these proud knights do , that differs from what our good Henry Gow works out in his sphere ? Who ever heard of his abusing his skill and strength to do evil or forward oppression , and who knows not how ...
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... arms , whether offensive or defensive , is alike sinful in one to whose violent and ever vehement disposition the very working upon them proves a sin and a snare . Resign utterly the manufacture of weapons of every description , and ...
... arms , whether offensive or defensive , is alike sinful in one to whose violent and ever vehement disposition the very working upon them proves a sin and a snare . Resign utterly the manufacture of weapons of every description , and ...
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Page 295 - So spoke, in the emphatic words of Scripture, the helpless and bereft father, tearing his gray beard and hoary hair, while Albany, speechless and conscience-struck, did not venture to interrupt the tempest of his grief. But the agony of the King's sorrow almost instantly changed to...
Page 105 - 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!