Waverley novels. Parker's ed., revised, Volúmenes9-10 |
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... tauld me he was seen in the year o ' the bloody fight at Marston - Moor , and then again in Montrose's troubles , and again before the rout o ' Dunbar , and , in my ain time , he was seen about the time o ' Bothwell - THE BLACK DWARF . 31.
... tauld me he was seen in the year o ' the bloody fight at Marston - Moor , and then again in Montrose's troubles , and again before the rout o ' Dunbar , and , in my ain time , he was seen about the time o ' Bothwell - THE BLACK DWARF . 31.
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... Bothwell - Brigg , and they said the second - sighted Laird o ' Benarbuck had a com- muning wi ' him some time afore Argyle's landing , but that I cannot speak to sae preceesely - it was far in the west . — O , bairns , he's never ...
... Bothwell - Brigg , and they said the second - sighted Laird o ' Benarbuck had a com- muning wi ' him some time afore Argyle's landing , but that I cannot speak to sae preceesely - it was far in the west . — O , bairns , he's never ...
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... Bothwell , for ten pund Scots , and they drank out the price at ae down- sitting . " " But , father , " interrupted Jenny , " they say the twa reiving loons drave the cow frae the gudewife o ' Bell's- moor , just because she gaed to ...
... Bothwell , for ten pund Scots , and they drank out the price at ae down- sitting . " " But , father , " interrupted Jenny , " they say the twa reiving loons drave the cow frae the gudewife o ' Bell's- moor , just because she gaed to ...
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... Bothwell being lineally descended from the last Earl of that name ; not the infamous lover of the unfortunate Queen Mary , but Francis Stuart , Earl of Bothwell , whose turbulence and repeated conspiracies embarrassed the early part of ...
... Bothwell being lineally descended from the last Earl of that name ; not the infamous lover of the unfortunate Queen Mary , but Francis Stuart , Earl of Bothwell , whose turbulence and repeated conspiracies embarrassed the early part of ...
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... Bothwell was usually the most forward . It is probable that Bothwell and his companions would not so long have remained quiet , but for respect to the presence of their cornet , who commanded the small party quartered in the borough ...
... Bothwell was usually the most forward . It is probable that Bothwell and his companions would not so long have remained quiet , but for respect to the presence of their cornet , who commanded the small party quartered in the borough ...
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Página 167 - 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 196 - Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife ! To all the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.
Página 54 - When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Página 48 - Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered : for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. 26 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 1 the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
Página 20 - Ziou is his seat. There arrows of the bow he brake, The shield, the sword, the war, More glorious thou than hills of prey, More excellent art far.
Página 15 - To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, » Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
Página 166 - ... to soften obstinacy; and whose very powers of intellect have been confounded by hearing the same dull lesson repeated a hundred times by rote, and only varied by the various blunders of the reciters. Even the flowers of classic genius, with which his solitary fancy is most gratified...
Página 180 - ... in rotation, at the distance of sixty or seventy paces. He whose ball brought down the mark, held the proud title of Captain of the Popinjay for the remainder of the day, and was usually escorted in triumph to the most reputable change-house in the neighbourhood, where the evening was closed with conviviality, conducted under his auspices, and, if he was able to sustain it, at his expense.
Página 177 - 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 232 - Your leddyship and the steward hae been pleased to propose that my son Cuddie suld work in the barn wi' a new-fangled machine * for dighting the corn frae the chaff, thus impiously thwarting the will of Divine Providence, by raising wind for your leddyship's ain particular use by human art, instead of soliciting it by prayer, or waiting patiently for whatever dispensation of wind Providence was pleased to send upon the sheelingliill.