Waverley Novels: The fair maid of Perth. Anne of GeiersteinR. Cadell, 1846 - Historical fiction, Scottish |
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... lives , my girl ; working to win our bread , and fighting to defend it . I will have no son - in - law that thinks himself better than me ; and for these lords and knights , I trust thou wilt always remember thou art too low to be their ...
... lives , my girl ; working to win our bread , and fighting to defend it . I will have no son - in - law that thinks himself better than me ; and for these lords and knights , I trust thou wilt always remember thou art too low to be their ...
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... live to make that boast again ! " drew a short sharp knife from his bosom , and springing on Henry Smith , attempted to plunge it into his body over the collar - bone , which must have been a mortal wound . But the object of this ...
... live to make that boast again ! " drew a short sharp knife from his bosom , and springing on Henry Smith , attempted to plunge it into his body over the collar - bone , which must have been a mortal wound . But the object of this ...
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... lives in a perfect atmosphere of strife , blood , and quarrels . He hears of no swordsman but he envies his reputation , and must needs put his valour to the proof . He sees no brawl but he must strike into the midst of it . Has he ...
... lives in a perfect atmosphere of strife , blood , and quarrels . He hears of no swordsman but he envies his reputation , and must needs put his valour to the proof . He sees no brawl but he must strike into the midst of it . Has he ...
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... live in it I must practise my trade ; and while I form armour and weapons for others , I cannot myself withstand the temptation of using them . You would not reproach me as you do , if you knew how inseparably the means by which I gain ...
... live in it I must practise my trade ; and while I form armour and weapons for others , I cannot myself withstand the temptation of using them . You would not reproach me as you do , if you knew how inseparably the means by which I gain ...
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... live ; those who are weak yield it , and die of hunger . Happy is the man who , like my worthy son , has means of obtaining his living otherwise than by the point of the sword which he makes . Preach peace to him as much as thou wilt ...
... live ; those who are weak yield it , and die of hunger . Happy is the man who , like my worthy son , has means of obtaining his living otherwise than by the point of the sword which he makes . Preach peace to him as much as thou wilt ...
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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!