The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last Additions and Illustrations, Volume 4Conner & Cooke, 1833 |
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... horse by the lat- ticed window , said aloud to the melancholy inmate , " How is it with you , Master Bridgenorth ? " ( the Knight would never acknowledge his neighbour's military rank of Major ; ) " I just looked in to bid you keep a ...
... horse by the lat- ticed window , said aloud to the melancholy inmate , " How is it with you , Master Bridgenorth ? " ( the Knight would never acknowledge his neighbour's military rank of Major ; ) " I just looked in to bid you keep a ...
Page 35
... horse , or spoil your spurs ? " of Bridgenorth advanced to rescue their leader , and that of the Knight to oppose them . Swords were unsheathed , and pistols presented ; but Sir Geoffrey , with the voice of a herald , commanded both ...
... horse , or spoil your spurs ? " of Bridgenorth advanced to rescue their leader , and that of the Knight to oppose them . Swords were unsheathed , and pistols presented ; but Sir Geoffrey , with the voice of a herald , commanded both ...
Page 40
... horse's hoof tramp even now . " It was seldom that the echoes of that silent house and court - yard were awakened by the trampling of horses , but such was now the case . Both Bridgenorth and Solsgrace were surprised at the sound , and ...
... horse's hoof tramp even now . " It was seldom that the echoes of that silent house and court - yard were awakened by the trampling of horses , but such was now the case . Both Bridgenorth and Solsgrace were surprised at the sound , and ...
Page 47
... horse - racing in the Isle of Man , I am furnished with a certified copy of the rules on which that sport was con- ducted , under the permission of the Earl of Derby , in which the curious may see that a descendant of the unfortunate ...
... horse - racing in the Isle of Man , I am furnished with a certified copy of the rules on which that sport was con- ducted , under the permission of the Earl of Derby , in which the curious may see that a descendant of the unfortunate ...
Page 68
... horse he had at that time no great occasion for , and riding him to market for that purpose , was accosted , in passing over the mountains , by a little man in a plain dress , who asked him if he would sell his horse . " Tis the design ...
... horse he had at that time no great occasion for , and riding him to market for that purpose , was accosted , in passing over the mountains , by a little man in a plain dress , who asked him if he would sell his horse . " Tis the design ...
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