Waverley Novels: The fair maid of Perth. Anne of GeiersteinR. Cadell, 1846 - Historical fiction, Scottish |
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... hath a second thou knowest little of— Father Clement has taken the young reiver in hand , and he fears a hundred devils as little as I do a flock of geese . " " Father Clement ? " said the Smith ; " You are always making some new saint ...
... hath a second thou knowest little of— Father Clement has taken the young reiver in hand , and he fears a hundred devils as little as I do a flock of geese . " " Father Clement ? " said the Smith ; " You are always making some new saint ...
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... hath given a warning to those that would wrong us , which shall be worth twenty proclamations of the King . To - morrow is a new day ; we will consult on this matter on this self - same spot , and consider what measures should be taken ...
... hath given a warning to those that would wrong us , which shall be worth twenty proclamations of the King . To - morrow is a new day ; we will consult on this matter on this self - same spot , and consider what measures should be taken ...
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... hath devoted himself to her pleasure , so far as sinful man may . - Fare - thee - well then , for the moment , fair maiden , " he concluded , raising his voice , " and Heaven send thee dreams as peaceful as thy waking thoughts . I go to ...
... hath devoted himself to her pleasure , so far as sinful man may . - Fare - thee - well then , for the moment , fair maiden , " he concluded , raising his voice , " and Heaven send thee dreams as peaceful as thy waking thoughts . I go to ...
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... hath none ; his father is a powerful man - hath long hands - reaches as far as he can , and hears farther than it is necessary to talk of him . ” " And yet he hath bound his only son apprentice to a glover in Perth ? " said Henry ...
... hath none ; his father is a powerful man - hath long hands - reaches as far as he can , and hears farther than it is necessary to talk of him . ” " And yet he hath bound his only son apprentice to a glover in Perth ? " said Henry ...
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... hath worked no drudgery . We will put it in a way to be known and claimed of the owner , if his comrades of the revel have but one spark of honour in them . - Hark you , Gerard - get me some half- score of good men instantly to horse ...
... hath worked no drudgery . We will put it in a way to be known and claimed of the owner , if his comrades of the revel have but one spark of honour in them . - Hark you , Gerard - get me some half- score of good men instantly to horse ...
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Albany Anne of Geierstein Annette answered armourer arms Arnheim Arnold Biederman Arthur Philipson Bâle betwixt blood Bonnet-maker Bonthron brother burghers called castle Catharine Charles of Burgundy Church Clan Chattan Clan Quhele combat command Conachar court danger daughter Douglas Duke of Albany Duke of Burgundy Duke of Rothsay Duke's Dwining Eachin Earl Englishman eyes fair Fair City father favour fear Ferette Grace Hagenbach hand hath head hear heard heart Heaven Highland holy honour horse Kilian Kinfauns King King René knight lady Landamman look lord maiden Margaret Margaret of Anjou matter mountain neighbours never noble Oxford passed peace person Perth poor present priest Prince Proudfute Provence Provost René replied royal Saint Scotland seemed Sigismund Simon Glover speak spoke stood stranger Swiss sword tell thee thou art thou hast thought Unterwalden voice word Wynd yonder young youth
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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!