Tales of My Landlord,: Old mortalityWilliam Blackwood, Prince's Street: and John Murray, Albemarle Street, London., 1817 - 347 páginas |
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... d - n me ; a single file may guard them well enough . If they speak a word of cant or fanatical nonsense , let them have a strapping with a shoul - der belt . There's some hope of choking a silenced 4 TALES OF MY LANDLORD .
... d - n me ; a single file may guard them well enough . If they speak a word of cant or fanatical nonsense , let them have a strapping with a shoul - der belt . There's some hope of choking a silenced 4 TALES OF MY LANDLORD .
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Walter Scott. der belt . There's some hope of choking a silenced parson ; if he is not allowed to hold forth , his own ... hope . The emi- nence which they now ascended was that from which he used first and last to be- hold OLD MORTALITY . 5.
Walter Scott. der belt . There's some hope of choking a silenced parson ; if he is not allowed to hold forth , his own ... hope . The emi- nence which they now ascended was that from which he used first and last to be- hold OLD MORTALITY . 5.
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... hope the dragoons wad hae missed us if we could hae held our ain tongues ; but , as if auld Kettledrummle himsel hadna made din aneuch to waken the very dead , they behoved a ' to skirl up a psalm that ye wad hac heard as far as Lanrick ...
... hope the dragoons wad hae missed us if we could hae held our ain tongues ; but , as if auld Kettledrummle himsel hadna made din aneuch to waken the very dead , they behoved a ' to skirl up a psalm that ye wad hac heard as far as Lanrick ...
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... hope your honour will think on what I am saying , if we were ance fairly deli- vered out o ' this house of bondage , and just tak me to be your ain wally - de- shamble . " 66 My valet , Cuddie ? " answered Morton , " alas ! that would ...
... hope your honour will think on what I am saying , if we were ance fairly deli- vered out o ' this house of bondage , and just tak me to be your ain wally - de- shamble . " 66 My valet , Cuddie ? " answered Morton , " alas ! that would ...
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... hope my private affections will never interfere with my public duty . If Dick Grahame falls , the loss is chiefly mine ; were your lordship to die , the King and country would be the sufferers . - Come , gentlemen , each to his post ...
... hope my private affections will never interfere with my public duty . If Dick Grahame falls , the loss is chiefly mine ; were your lordship to die , the King and country would be the sufferers . - Come , gentlemen , each to his post ...
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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
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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...