Waverley Novels ...Black, 1841 |
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... sceptical , that I , who have sat in the leathern arm - chair , on the left - hand side of the fire , in the common room of the Wallace Inn , winter and sum- mer , for every evening in my life , during TALES OF MY LANDLORD. ...
... sceptical , that I , who have sat in the leathern arm - chair , on the left - hand side of the fire , in the common room of the Wallace Inn , winter and sum- mer , for every evening in my life , during TALES OF MY LANDLORD. ...
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... side of the steep heathy bank , there is a deserted burial - ground , which the little cowards are fearful of approaching in the twilight . To me , how- ever , the place has an inexpressible charm . It has been long the favourite ...
... side of the steep heathy bank , there is a deserted burial - ground , which the little cowards are fearful of approaching in the twilight . To me , how- ever , the place has an inexpressible charm . It has been long the favourite ...
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... side to the storm , and may be broken , but can never be bended It must be understood that I speak of my countrymen as they fall under my own obser- vation . When in foreign countries , I have been informed that they are more docile ...
... side to the storm , and may be broken , but can never be bended It must be understood that I speak of my countrymen as they fall under my own obser- vation . When in foreign countries , I have been informed that they are more docile ...
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... side , he acquired , from his converse among the dead , the popular appellation of Old Mor- tality . " The character of such a man could have in it little connexion even with innocent gaiety . Yet , among those of his own religious ...
... side , he acquired , from his converse among the dead , the popular appellation of Old Mor- tality . " The character of such a man could have in it little connexion even with innocent gaiety . Yet , among those of his own religious ...
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... side of his dying master . There was found about his person a sum of money sufficient for his decent interment , which serves to show that his death was in no ways hastened by violence or by want . The common people still regard his ...
... side of his dying master . There was found about his person a sum of money sufficient for his decent interment , which serves to show that his death was in no ways hastened by violence or by want . The common people still regard his ...
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Ailie answered Morton arms army auld blood body Bothwell Burley called Cameronians canna carabines Castle cause Claverhouse Colonel Grahame command Cornet council Covenant Covenanters Cuddie death dinna dragoons Duke Duke of Monmouth e'en enemy eneugh Erastian Evandale's exclaimed eyes favour fear followed frae gentleman gude Halliday hand hath head hear heard heart Henry Morton hinny honour horse insurgents Jenny Dennison John Gudyill Kettledrummle King Lady Margaret Bellenden leddy look Lord Evandale Macbriar mair Major Bellenden maun Mause Milnwood Miss Bellenden mither moderate party morning muckle never occasion Old Mortality onything ower party person popinjay Poundtext presbyterian prisoner puir replied Morton roundhead Scotland seemed Sergeant soldiers speak suld sword thae thee thou Tillietudlem Tower troopers turned voice weel whig woman word young
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Página 161 - And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; And they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: And all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour And thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
Página 139 - SAVE me, O God ; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Página 246 - Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 'twas natural to please : His motions all accompanied with grace ; And paradise was open'd in his face.
Página 23 - MOST readers," says the Manuscript of Mr Pattieson, " must have witnessed with delight the joyous burst which attends the dismissing of a villageschool on a fine summer evening. The buoyant spirit of childhood, repressed with so much difficulty during the tedious hours of discipline, may then be seen to explode, as it were, in shout, and song, and frolic, as the little urchins join in groups on their play-ground, and arrange their matches of sport for the evening.
Página 190 - And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
Página 253 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Página 113 - Grecian statue, and slightly shaded by small mustachios of light brown, joined to a profusion of long curled .locks of the same colour, which fell down on each side of his face, contributed to form such a countenance as limners love to paint and ladies to look upon.
Página 69 - Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music...
Página 60 - We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
Página 142 - Those that were stout of heart are spoil'd, They slept their sleep outright ; And none of those their hands did find, That were the men of might.