The Handy Volume "Waverly" ...: A legend of Montrose, &cBradbury, Agnew, 1877 |
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... carry , and his rider occupied his demipique , or war - saddle , with an air that showed it was his familiar seat . He had a bright burnished head - piece , with a plume of feathers , together with a cuirass , thick enough to resist a ...
... carry , and his rider occupied his demipique , or war - saddle , with an air that showed it was his familiar seat . He had a bright burnished head - piece , with a plume of feathers , together with a cuirass , thick enough to resist a ...
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... carrying bullets of twenty to the pound . A buff belt , with a broad silver buckle , sustained on one side a long straight double - edged broadsword , with a strong guard , and a blade calculated either to strike or push . On the right ...
... carrying bullets of twenty to the pound . A buff belt , with a broad silver buckle , sustained on one side a long straight double - edged broadsword , with a strong guard , and a blade calculated either to strike or push . On the right ...
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... 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 conform , to the German wars , there to push my way as ...
... 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 conform , to the German wars , there to push my way as ...
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... carried on their old trade , and did the M'Aulays , as well as their kinsmen and allies , as much mischief as they could . This provoked another expedition against the tribe , in which I had my share ; we surprised them effec- tually ...
... carried on their old trade , and did the M'Aulays , as well as their kinsmen and allies , as much mischief as they could . This provoked another expedition against the tribe , in which I had my share ; we surprised them effec- tually ...
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... carry on our enterprise . " " Let us go down , " answered Lord Menteith , " and see how our muster is likely to thrive , for I hear a good deal of bustle in the castle . ' " When they entered the hall , the domestics keeping modestly 59 ...
... carry on our enterprise . " " Let us go down , " answered Lord Menteith , " and see how our muster is likely to thrive , for I hear a good deal of bustle in the castle . ' " When they entered the hall , the domestics keeping modestly 59 ...
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