Waverley Novels, Հատոր 35R. Cadell, 1832 |
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... Lord Stair . * Meanwhile , I have written myself out of my melancholy and blue devils , merely by prosing about them ; so I will now converse half an hour with Roan Robin in his stall - the rascal knows me already , and snickers ...
... Lord Stair . * Meanwhile , I have written myself out of my melancholy and blue devils , merely by prosing about them ; so I will now converse half an hour with Roan Robin in his stall - the rascal knows me already , and snickers ...
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... lord , to express his regard for a particular regiment , franked a letter for every rank and file . It was customary also to save the covers and return them , in order that the correspondence might be car- ried on as long as the ...
... lord , to express his regard for a particular regiment , franked a letter for every rank and file . It was customary also to save the covers and return them , in order that the correspondence might be car- ried on as long as the ...
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... Lord knows what . What says my father's proverb ? “ Look to a gown of gold , and you will at least get a sleeve of it . " Such is my pursuit ; but what dost thou look to ? The chance that the mystery , as you call it , which at present ...
... Lord knows what . What says my father's proverb ? “ Look to a gown of gold , and you will at least get a sleeve of it . " Such is my pursuit ; but what dost thou look to ? The chance that the mystery , as you call it , which at present ...
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... Lord - Advocate , or licitor - General , I should never have the heart to strive for it . All my exertions are intended to vindicate myself one day in your eyes ; and I think I should not care a farthing for the embroidered silk gown ...
... Lord - Advocate , or licitor - General , I should never have the heart to strive for it . All my exertions are intended to vindicate myself one day in your eyes ; and I think I should not care a farthing for the embroidered silk gown ...
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... Lord Elcho , with a large party of the rebels , levied a severe contribution upon Dumfries , on account of the citizens having annoyed the rear of the Cheva- lier during his march into England . Many of these particulars I learned from ...
... Lord Elcho , with a large party of the rebels , levied a severe contribution upon Dumfries , on account of the citizens having annoyed the rear of the Cheva- lier during his march into England . Many of these particulars I learned from ...
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Էջ 189 - You told me he had not given you one." "Will your honour please to see if that bit line is right?" Sir John looked at every line, and at every letter, with much attention ; and at last, at the date, which my gudesire had not observed, — "From my appointed place," he read, "this twenty-fifth of November.
Էջ 181 - In hell, if you will have my thoughts of it,' said my gudesire, driven to extremity — 'in hell! with your father, his jackanape, and his silver whistle.' Down the stairs he ran (for the parlour was nae place for him after such a word), and he heard the Laird swearing blood and wounds behind him, as fast as ever did Sir Robert, and roaring for the bailie and the baron-officer. Away rode my gudesire to his chief creditor, (him they...
Էջ xi - ... hazard a journey to England at this juncture. The impatience of his friends who were in exile, had formed a scheme which was impracticable; but although it had been as feasible as they had represented it to him, yet no preparation had been made, nor was any thing ready to carry it into execution.
Էջ 169 - And so he became a Tory, as they ca' it, which we now ca' Jacobites, just out of a kind of needcessity, that he might belang to some side or other. He had nae...
Էջ 173 - Robert girned wi' pain, the jackanape girned too, like a sheep's-head between a pair of tangs — an ill-faur'd, fearsome couple they were. The laird's buff-coat was hung on a pin behind him, and his broadsword and his pistols within reach; for he keepit up the auld fashion of having the weapons ready, and a horse saddled day and night, just as he used to do when he was able to loup on horseback, and away after ony of the hill-folk he could get speerings of. Some said it was for fear of the Whigs...
Էջ 174 - ... he banged ; but as he ran, the shrieks came faint and fainter ; there was a deep-drawn shivering groan, and word gaed through the Castle, that the Laird was dead. Weel, away came my gudesire, wi...
Էջ 184 - He knocked at the ha' door just as he was wont, and his auld acquaintance, Dougal MacCallum, just after his wont, too, came to open the door, and said, "Piper Steenie, are ye there, lad? Sir Robert has been crying for you.
Էջ 176 - ... answer, raised the house, when Dougal was found lying dead within twa steps of the bed where his master's coffin was placed.
Էջ 172 - ... naebody but the Laird, Dougal MacCallum, and the Major, a thing that hadna chanced to him before. Sir Robert sat, or, I should say, lay, in a great armed chair, wi' his grand velvet gown, and his feet on a cradle ; for he had baith gout and gravel, and his face looked as gash and ghastly as Satan's. Major Weir sat opposite to him, in a red laced coat, and the Laird's wig on his head; and aye as Sir Robert girned wi' pain, the jackanape girned too, like a sheep's-head between a pair of tangs —...
Էջ 171 - Laird wasna pleased. And he was sic an awsome body, that naebody cared to anger him ; for the oaths he swore, and the rage that he used to get into, and the looks that he put on, made men sometimes think him a devil incarnate. Weel, my gudesire was nae manager — no that he was a very great misguider — but he hadna the saving gift, and he got twa terms' rent in arrear. He got the first brash at Whitsunday put ower wi...