Tales of My Landlord,: Old mortalityWilliam Blackwood, Prince's Street: and John Murray, Albemarle Street, London., 1817 - 347 páginas |
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Página 34
... Major Allan , Cornet Grahame , and the other officers , employ . ed themselves in extricating the regiment from the broken ground , and drawing them up upon the side of the hill in two lines , the one to support the other . The word was ...
... Major Allan , Cornet Grahame , and the other officers , employ . ed themselves in extricating the regiment from the broken ground , and drawing them up upon the side of the hill in two lines , the one to support the other . The word was ...
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... what say you , Allan ? " continued Claverhouse , " for Evandale is so modest we shall never get him to speak till you have said what you have to say . " These fellows , " said Major Allan , an old 42 TALES OF MY LANDlord .
... what say you , Allan ? " continued Claverhouse , " for Evandale is so modest we shall never get him to speak till you have said what you have to say . " These fellows , " said Major Allan , an old 42 TALES OF MY LANDlord .
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Walter Scott. These fellows , " said Major Allan , an old cavalier officer of experience , " " are three or four to one - I should not mind . that much upon a fair field ... Major Allan , " for honouring both his bible OLD MORTALITY . 43.
Walter Scott. These fellows , " said Major Allan , an old cavalier officer of experience , " " are three or four to one - I should not mind . that much upon a fair field ... Major Allan , " for honouring both his bible OLD MORTALITY . 43.
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Walter Scott. retorted Major Allan , " for honouring both his bible and psalter . These fellows will prove as stubborn as steel I know them of old . " " Their nasal psalmody , " said the Cor- net , " reminds our major of the race of ...
Walter Scott. retorted Major Allan , " for honouring both his bible and psalter . These fellows will prove as stubborn as steel I know them of old . " " Their nasal psalmody , " said the Cor- net , " reminds our major of the race of ...
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... Major Allan and Lord Evandale found it more and more impossible to bring them to halt and form line regularly , while , on the other hand , their motion in the act of retreating became , by degrees , much more rapid than was consistent ...
... Major Allan and Lord Evandale found it more and more impossible to bring them to halt and form line regularly , while , on the other hand , their motion in the act of retreating became , by degrees , much more rapid than was consistent ...
Términos y frases comunes
ahint answered Cuddie answered Morton arms army auld Balfour battle blood body Bothwell Burley carabines Castle cause Charnwood Claver Claverhouse Colonel Grahame command Cornet council Covenant Covenanters defend desperate dragoons e'en ed Morton Edith enemy Erastianism Evandale's exclaimed eyes favour fear fire followers friends garrison gi'e Glasgow gude Halliday hand head Henry Morton hill honour horse horsemen Inglis insurgents Jenny Dennison John Gudyill Kettledrummle King Lady Margaret leaders leddy Lord Evan Lord Evandale Lord Ross Macbriar Major Bellenden maun Mause means ment Miss Bellenden mistress moderate party morning muckle ness numbers officer party Philistines Poundtext preacher presbyterians prisoner puir ranks rebels replied Morton retreat rode Scotland seemed shewed soldiers speak specta sword thee Thou art Tillietudlem tion Tower of Tillietudlem troopers voice wad hae weel whigs word wounded young Milnwood young nobleman zeal
Pasajes populares
Página 89 - 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 39 - Zioa 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 89 - For Tophet is ordained of old ; Yea, for the king it is prepared ; He hath made it deep and large: The pile thereof is fire and much wood ; The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Página 32 - 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 62 - Burley," said Bothwell, griping his sword firmly, and setting his teeth close; "you escaped me once, but (he swore an oath too tremendous to be written down) thy head is worth its weight of silver, and it shall go home at my saddle-bow, or my saddle shall go home empty for me.
Página 32 - I am sunk in deep mire where there is no standing — I am come into deep waters where the floods overflow me...