The Handy Volume "Waverly" ...: A legend of Montrose, &cBradbury, Agnew, 1877 |
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... better calculated to manage an intrigue of state , than to con- trol the tribes of hostile mountaineers ; yet the numbers of his clan , and the spirit of the gallant gentlemen by whom it was led , might , it was supposed , atone for the ...
... better calculated to manage an intrigue of state , than to con- trol the tribes of hostile mountaineers ; yet the numbers of his clan , and the spirit of the gallant gentlemen by whom it was led , might , it was supposed , atone for the ...
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... better shift , when I was eighteen years auld , than to carry the learning whilk I had acquired at the Mareschal College of Aber- deen , my gentle bluid and designation of Drumthwacket , together with a pair of stalwarth arms , and legs ...
... better shift , when I was eighteen years auld , than to carry the learning whilk I had acquired at the Mareschal College of Aber- deen , my gentle bluid and designation of Drumthwacket , together with a pair of stalwarth arms , and legs ...
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... better than the great Gustavus . For hard knocks , we had plenty of them . I was often obliged to run my head against my old acquaintances , the Swedish feathers , whilk your honour must conceive to be double - pointed stakes , shod ...
... better than the great Gustavus . For hard knocks , we had plenty of them . I was often obliged to run my head against my old acquaintances , the Swedish feathers , whilk your honour must conceive to be double - pointed stakes , shod ...
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... his countryman , and the heavier to me , whereupon , ill - stomaching such partiality , I exchanged my commission for one under the Spaniard . " " I hope you found yourself better off by the 18 A LEGEND OF MONTROSE .
... his countryman , and the heavier to me , whereupon , ill - stomaching such partiality , I exchanged my commission for one under the Spaniard . " " I hope you found yourself better off by the 18 A LEGEND OF MONTROSE .
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... better than the provant rye - bread of the Swede , and Rhenish wine was more plenty with us than ever I saw the black - beer of Rostock in Gustavus's camp . Service there was none , duty there was little ; and that little we might do ...
... better than the provant rye - bread of the Swede , and Rhenish wine was more plenty with us than ever I saw the black - beer of Rostock in Gustavus's camp . Service there was none , duty there was little ; and that little we might do ...
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Allan M'Aulay Angus M'Aulay Annot Lyle answered Argyle Argyle's Argyleshire arms army attendants auld Black Dwarf blood called Captain Dalgetty castle cavalier CHAP Chiefs clan command companion Convention of Estates Covenanters door Drumthwacket Dugald Dalgetty Dwarf Earl Earl of Menteith Earnscliff Ellieslaw Elshie enemy exclaimed eyes father followers frae gentlemen Grace Gustavus Gustavus Adolphus hand head heard Highland Hobbie Elliot honour horse Ilderton Inverary Isabella King Knight of Ardenvohr lady Laird look Lord Menteith lordship Lowlands M'Callum Major Dalgetty Mareschal College Marquis military misanthropy Miss Vere Mist Montrose Montrose's mountains muckle never ower party person Ranald MacEagh rank Ratcliffe replied returned Scotland Scottish seemed Sir Dugald Sir Duncan Campbell Sir Frederick Langley soldier speak stood sword thee thou tion voice weel Westburnflat whilk wild young
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