Waverley Novels: The fair maid of Perth. Anne of GeiersteinR. Cadell, 1846 - Historical fiction, Scottish |
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... thought him reclaimed , till , in an ill hour , I went to walk on the hill of Moncreiff , when he broke loose on the laird's flock , and made a havoc that I might well have rued , had the laird not wanted a harness at the time . And I ...
... thought him reclaimed , till , in an ill hour , I went to walk on the hill of Moncreiff , when he broke loose on the laird's flock , and made a havoc that I might well have rued , had the laird not wanted a harness at the time . And I ...
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... thought him so good and holy a man , that I could have trusted my own salvation with him . There are bad reports of him among the Dominicans , that is certain , But what have we lay- men to do with such things , my son ? Let us pay ...
... thought him so good and holy a man , that I could have trusted my own salvation with him . There are bad reports of him among the Dominicans , that is certain , But what have we lay- men to do with such things , my son ? Let us pay ...
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... thought of inflicting mischief , nor dreaded it from others . Having attired himself in his best , the honest armourer next placed nearest to his heart ( which throbbed at its touch ) a little gift which he had long provided for ...
... thought of inflicting mischief , nor dreaded it from others . Having attired himself in his best , the honest armourer next placed nearest to his heart ( which throbbed at its touch ) a little gift which he had long provided for ...
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... thoughts . I go to watch thy slumbers , and woe with him that shall intrude on them ! " 66 Nay , good and brave ... thought to do the clashing of steel , if it brings my daughter to her senses , Harry , and teaches her what thou art ...
... thoughts . I go to watch thy slumbers , and woe with him that shall intrude on them ! " 66 Nay , good and brave ... thought to do the clashing of steel , if it brings my daughter to her senses , Harry , and teaches her what thou art ...
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... thought which she dwelt upon , was the means of making him understand her feelings . Arising hastily from bed , and half blushing at her own purpose- " I have been cold to him , and perhaps unjust ; I will not be ungrateful , " she said ...
... thought which she dwelt upon , was the means of making him understand her feelings . Arising hastily from bed , and half blushing at her own purpose- " I have been cold to him , and perhaps unjust ; I will not be ungrateful , " she said ...
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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!