Waverley Novels, Volumen9Robert Cadell, Edinburgh, and Whittaker & Company London., 1819 |
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... ne'er brought gude to these lands or the indwellers . My father aften 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 ...
... ne'er brought gude to these lands or the indwellers . My father aften 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 ...
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... ne'er can hae sae sair a heart as mine , for ye ne'er lost nae Grace Armstrong . And now my last hopes are gane , and I shall ne'er see her mair . " This he said in the tone of deepest emotion - and there followed a long pause , for the ...
... ne'er can hae sae sair a heart as mine , for ye ne'er lost nae Grace Armstrong . And now my last hopes are gane , and I shall ne'er see her mair . " This he said in the tone of deepest emotion - and there followed a long pause , for the ...
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... ne'er fill his father's boots . " In the meanwhile , the inner door of the tower was opened , and the mother of the freebooter appeared in the space betwixt that and the outer grate . Willie himself was next seen , leading forth a ...
... ne'er fill his father's boots . " In the meanwhile , the inner door of the tower was opened , and the mother of the freebooter appeared in the space betwixt that and the outer grate . Willie himself was next seen , leading forth a ...
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Walter Scott. just little eneugh to gang on wi ' themsells ; ne'er a friend hae we that can , or will , help us to stock the farm again . " " Then , Hobbie , we maun trust in Him that can raise up friends and fortune out o ' the bare ...
Walter Scott. just little eneugh to gang on wi ' themsells ; ne'er a friend hae we that can , or will , help us to stock the farm again . " " Then , Hobbie , we maun trust in Him that can raise up friends and fortune out o ' the bare ...
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... ne'er sic a word as weariness in your wame . " " The night's very dark , " said Hobbie , rising and looking through the casement of the cottage ; " and , to speak truth , and shame the deil , though Elshie's a real honest fallow , yet ...
... ne'er sic a word as weariness in your wame . " " The night's very dark , " said Hobbie , rising and looking through the casement of the cottage ; " and , to speak truth , and shame the deil , though Elshie's a real honest fallow , yet ...
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Página 60 - Marry, then, sweet wag, when thou art king, let not us, that are squires of the night's body, be called thieves of the day's beauty : let us be Diana's foresters, gentlemen of the shade, minions of the moon ; and let men say, we be men of good government, being governed as the sea is, by our noble and chaste mistress the moon, under whose countenance we steal.
Página 335 - Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music...
Página 82 - Gar warn the water, braid and wide, Gar warn it sune and hastilie ! They that winna ride for Telfer's kye, Let them never look in the face o...
Página 62 - When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Página xx - There was nothing very uncommon about his dress. He usually wore an old slouched hat when he went abroad ; and when at home a sort of cowl or night-cap. He never wore shoes, being unable to adapt them to his misshapen fin-like feet, but always had both feet and legs quite concealed, and wrapt up with pieces of cloth.
Página 66 - Their swords are a thousand, their bosoms are one ! They are true to the last of their blood and their breath, And like reapers descend to the harvest of death. Then welcome be Cumberland's steed to the shock...
Página 316 - We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
Página 316 - The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
Página 240 - No newly-erected tomb disturbs the sober serenity of our reflections by reminding us of recent calamity, and no rank-springing grass forces upon our imagination the recollection, that it owes its dark luxuriance to the foul and festering remnants of mortality which ferment beneath. The daisy which sprinkles the sod, and the harebell which hangs over it, derive their pure nourishment from the dew of heaven, and their growth impresses us with no degrading or disgusting recollections. Death has indeed...
Página xviii - ... poor unfortunate • man's name was David Ritchie, a native of Tweeddale. He was the son of a labourer in the slate-quarries of Stobo, and must have been born in the mis-shapen form which he exhibited, though he sometimes imputed it to ill-usage when in infancy. He was bred a brush-maker at Edinburgh, and had wandered to several places, working at his trade, from all which he was chased by the disagreeable attention which his hideous singularity of form and face attracted wherever he came.