The Handy Volume "Waverly" ...: A legend of Montrose, &cBradbury, Agnew, 1877 |
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... thou where the head of a better man lay before ye . ' From the haggard features , and matted red hair and beard , partly grizzled with age , his father and others present recognised the head of Hector of the Mist , a well- known leader ...
... thou where the head of a better man lay before ye . ' From the haggard features , and matted red hair and beard , partly grizzled with age , his father and others present recognised the head of Hector of the Mist , a well- known leader ...
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... Thou darest not face the godlike sun . " As the strain proceeded , Allan M'Aulay gradually gave signs of recovering his presence of mind , and attention to the objects around him . The deep - knit furrows of his brow relaxed and ...
... Thou darest not face the godlike sun . " As the strain proceeded , Allan M'Aulay gradually gave signs of recovering his presence of mind , and attention to the objects around him . The deep - knit furrows of his brow relaxed and ...
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... thou and thy father's house . - But let us leave an altercation , which is of little consequence but to our- selves , and hear the tidings you have brought from your Chief of Argyle ; for I must conclude that it is in his name you have ...
... thou and thy father's house . - But let us leave an altercation , which is of little consequence but to our- selves , and hear the tidings you have brought from your Chief of Argyle ; for I must conclude that it is in his name you have ...
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... thou deservest to be upper - warden , since thou showest thyself twenty times better acquainted with the way of victual- ling honest gentlemen that are under misfortune , than thy principal . Bread and water ! out upon him ! It was ...
... thou deservest to be upper - warden , since thou showest thyself twenty times better acquainted with the way of victual- ling honest gentlemen that are under misfortune , than thy principal . Bread and water ! out upon him ! It was ...
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... thou hast said nothing to rescue thine own forfeited life . " " If my life rests on hers , " answered the outlaw , " it is secure , for she still survives ; but it has a more insecure reliance — the frail promise of a son of Diarmid ...
... thou hast said nothing to rescue thine own forfeited life . " " If my life rests on hers , " answered the outlaw , " it is secure , for she still survives ; but it has a more insecure reliance — the frail promise of a son of Diarmid ...
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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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