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... Patrick Charteris is a nobleman , and hawks will not pick hawks ' eyes out . He may well bear us out in a feud with the Highlandmen , and do the part of our Provost and leader against them ; but whether he that himself wears silk will ...
... Patrick Charteris is a nobleman , and hawks will not pick hawks ' eyes out . He may well bear us out in a feud with the Highlandmen , and do the part of our Provost and leader against them ; but whether he that himself wears silk will ...
Page 82
... Patrick Charteris's countenance ; the ready answer would be , Go to your Provost , you borrel loons . So , neigh- bours and townsmen , if you will stand by my side , I and our Pottingar Dwining will repair presently to Kinfauns , with ...
... Patrick Charteris's countenance ; the ready answer would be , Go to your Provost , you borrel loons . So , neigh- bours and townsmen , if you will stand by my side , I and our Pottingar Dwining will repair presently to Kinfauns , with ...
Page 86
... Patrick of this history had more than once led out the men of Perth to battles and skirmishes with the restless Highland depredators , and with other enemies , foreign and domestic . True it is , he used sometimes to be weary of the ...
... Patrick of this history had more than once led out the men of Perth to battles and skirmishes with the restless Highland depredators , and with other enemies , foreign and domestic . True it is , he used sometimes to be weary of the ...
Page 87
... Patrick Charteris , the Provost of Perth , being such as we have sketched in the last chapter , let us now return to the deputation which was in the act of rendezvousing at the East Port , * in order to wait upon that dignitary with ...
... Patrick Charteris , the Provost of Perth , being such as we have sketched in the last chapter , let us now return to the deputation which was in the act of rendezvousing at the East Port , * in order to wait upon that dignitary with ...
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... Patrick Charteris . Nay , trust me , a good woodsman like Sir Patrick will prize the right of hunting and sporting over the lands of the burgh as a high privilege , and one which , his Majesty the King Grace's excepted , is neither ...
... Patrick Charteris . Nay , trust me , a good woodsman like Sir Patrick will prize the right of hunting and sporting over the lands of the burgh as a high privilege , and one which , his Majesty the King Grace's excepted , is neither ...
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