Waverley Novels, Volume 43R. Cadell, 1832 |
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... hour above the horizon , before there was any general appearance of life among the inhabitants of Perth , so that it was some time after daybreak , when a citizen , going early to mass , saw the body of the luckless Oliver Proudfute ...
... hour above the horizon , before there was any general appearance of life among the inhabitants of Perth , so that it was some time after daybreak , when a citizen , going early to mass , saw the body of the luckless Oliver Proudfute ...
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... hour since I could never have expected ! " " Bring the stout Smith to the Council - house , " said the Bailie , as a mounted yeoman pressed through the crowd , and whispered in his ear , - " Here is a good fellow , who says the knight ...
... hour since I could never have expected ! " " Bring the stout Smith to the Council - house , " said the Bailie , as a mounted yeoman pressed through the crowd , and whispered in his ear , - " Here is a good fellow , who says the knight ...
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... hour of difficulty and terror . " " True , " said the Smith ; “ but thou knowest , father , if our riots be frequent at Perth , at least they seldom last long . " Then , opening a door which led from the house into the smithy , " Here ...
... hour of difficulty and terror . " " True , " said the Smith ; “ but thou knowest , father , if our riots be frequent at Perth , at least they seldom last long . " Then , opening a door which led from the house into the smithy , " Here ...
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... hour before midnight ; and I admitted him , something unwillingly , as he had been keeping carnival while I remained at home ; and there is ill talk , says the proverb , betwixt a full man and a fasting . " " And in which plight seemed ...
... hour before midnight ; and I admitted him , something unwillingly , as he had been keeping carnival while I remained at home ; and there is ill talk , says the proverb , betwixt a full man and a fasting . " " And in which plight seemed ...
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... hour , to be early named , in the High Church of St John ; there one by one to pass before the bier of our murder- ed fellow - citizen , and in the form prescribed to call upon God and his saints to bear witness that he is innocent of ...
... hour , to be early named , in the High Church of St John ; there one by one to pass before the bier of our murder- ed fellow - citizen , and in the form prescribed to call upon God and his saints to bear witness that he is innocent of ...
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Page 263 - Whilome in Albion's isle there dwelt a youth, Who ne in virtue's ways did take delight ; But spent his days in riot most uncouth, And vex'd with mirth the drowsy ear of Night. Ah me ! in sooth he was a shameless wight, Sore given to revel and ungodly glee ; Few earthly things found favour in his sight Save concubines and carnal companie, And flaunting wassailers of high and low degree.
Page 197 - Each robber chief upheld his armed halls, Doing his evil will, nor less elate Than mightier heroes of a longer date. What want these outlaws conquerors should have? But History's purchased page to call them great? A wider space, an ornamented grave? Their hopes were not less warm, their souls were full as brave.