The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last Additions and Illustrations, Volume 4Conner & Cooke, 1833 |
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Page 87
... hath been spoke too often , The spell hath lost its charm - I tell thee , friend , The meanest cur that trots the street , will turn , ' And snarl against your proffer'd bastinado . Swash Buckler . " Tis art shall do it , then - I will ...
... hath been spoke too often , The spell hath lost its charm - I tell thee , friend , The meanest cur that trots the street , will turn , ' And snarl against your proffer'd bastinado . Swash Buckler . " Tis art shall do it , then - I will ...
Page 90
... hath asked her , so hath the parson , but she will none of them - she looks higher than either , and is , to say truth , a woman of sense , and so forth , too profound , and of spirit something too high , to put up with greasy buff or ...
... hath asked her , so hath the parson , but she will none of them - she looks higher than either , and is , to say truth , a woman of sense , and so forth , too profound , and of spirit something too high , to put up with greasy buff or ...
Page 106
... hath been something hasty in apprehending personal danger from him . " " I cannot say , my lord , " replied the Duke , " that I saw any actual violence offered to his Majesty , else I should have avenged him on the spot . " ་ ་ You ...
... hath been something hasty in apprehending personal danger from him . " " I cannot say , my lord , " replied the Duke , " that I saw any actual violence offered to his Majesty , else I should have avenged him on the spot . " ་ ་ You ...
Page 123
... hath turned out a very villain . " " May it please your Majesty , " he said , " why was this tale not sooner told ? This woman hath been here for years - wherefore was the claim on my son not made the instant she touched English ground ...
... hath turned out a very villain . " " May it please your Majesty , " he said , " why was this tale not sooner told ? This woman hath been here for years - wherefore was the claim on my son not made the instant she touched English ground ...
Page 125
... hath in the fullest de- gree vindicated your honour , so far as concerns your former intercourse . It is for you to consider whether you will put your fortune and happiness into the hands of one , who has shown himself unworthy of all ...
... hath in the fullest de- gree vindicated your honour , so far as concerns your former intercourse . It is for you to consider whether you will put your fortune and happiness into the hands of one , who has shown himself unworthy of all ...
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