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Page 19
... appeared in the eating - apartment . There was a gloom of deep sullenness on his haughty , though hand- some ... appearance of willingness and submission into the services which he was performing . And here we must acquaint our reader ...
... appeared in the eating - apartment . There was a gloom of deep sullenness on his haughty , though hand- some ... appearance of willingness and submission into the services which he was performing . And here we must acquaint our reader ...
Page 36
... appeared bearing three large rummer cups of green glass , which were then esteemed a great and precious curiosity , and the glover followed with a huge bottle , equal at least to three quarts of these degenerate days . ' Here is a 36.
... appeared bearing three large rummer cups of green glass , which were then esteemed a great and precious curiosity , and the glover followed with a huge bottle , equal at least to three quarts of these degenerate days . ' Here is a 36.
Page 38
... appeared before her with these weapons , which she dislikes so much . Although , to say truth , so many are at deadly feud with me for one unhappy chance or another , that it is as needful for me 1 See Note II . as for any man in ...
... appeared before her with these weapons , which she dislikes so much . Although , to say truth , so many are at deadly feud with me for one unhappy chance or another , that it is as needful for me 1 See Note II . as for any man in ...
Page 49
... appearance , to which he was well entitled , of a burgher of wealth and consid- eration , assuming , in his dress , as much consequence as he could display , without stepping beyond his own rank , and encroaching on that of the gentry ...
... appearance , to which he was well entitled , of a burgher of wealth and consid- eration , assuming , in his dress , as much consequence as he could display , without stepping beyond his own rank , and encroaching on that of the gentry ...
Page 50
... appearance of the sky , that he was at least an hour too early for his purpose , and that it would be better not to appear at the place of rendezvous till nearer the time assigned . Other gallants were not unlikely to be on the watch as ...
... appearance of the sky , that he was at least an hour too early for his purpose , and that it would be better not to appear at the place of rendezvous till nearer the time assigned . Other gallants were not unlikely to be on the watch as ...
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Page 203 - 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...
Page 111 - Have a care he does not hear you say so,' said the smith. 'I tell thee, bonnet-maker, that there is more danger in yonder slight wasted anatomy than in twenty stout fellows like yourself.
Page 304 - LANG hae thought, my youthfu' friend, A something to have sent you, Tho' it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps, it may turn out a sang, Perhaps, turn out a sermon.
Page 49 - 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.
Page 460 - What's property ? dear Swift ! you see it alter From you to me, from me to Peter Walter; Or, in a mortgage, prove a lawyer's share; Or, in a jointure, vanish from the heir...