Waverly Novels: The bride of LammermoorTicknor and Fields, 1864 |
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... gave small promise of the commercial eminence to which , I am in- formed , she seems now likely one day to attain , Glasgow , as the principal central town of the western district of tance . Scotland , was a place of considerable rank ...
... gave small promise of the commercial eminence to which , I am in- formed , she seems now likely one day to attain , Glasgow , as the principal central town of the western district of tance . Scotland , was a place of considerable rank ...
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... gave the means of an inland navigation of some importance . Not only the fertile plains in its immediate neighbourhood , but the districts of Ayr and Dumfries regarded Glasgow as their capital , to which they transmitted their produce ...
... gave the means of an inland navigation of some importance . Not only the fertile plains in its immediate neighbourhood , but the districts of Ayr and Dumfries regarded Glasgow as their capital , to which they transmitted their produce ...
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... gave the street an imposing air of dignity and grandeur , of which most English towns are in some measure deprived , by the slight , unsubstantial , and perishable quality and appear- ance of the bricks with which they are constructed ...
... gave the street an imposing air of dignity and grandeur , of which most English towns are in some measure deprived , by the slight , unsubstantial , and perishable quality and appear- ance of the bricks with which they are constructed ...
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... gave the Scottish worship all the advantage of reality over acting . As I lingered to catch more of the solemn sound , Andrew , whose impatience became ungovernable , pulled me by the sleeve- " Come awa ' , sir - come awa ' ; we maunna ...
... gave the Scottish worship all the advantage of reality over acting . As I lingered to catch more of the solemn sound , Andrew , whose impatience became ungovernable , pulled me by the sleeve- " Come awa ' , sir - come awa ' ; we maunna ...
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... gave them the ap- pearance of being interminable . I have already said that I stood with others in the exterior circle , with my face to the preacher , and my back to those vaults which I have so often mentioned . My position rendered ...
... gave them the ap- pearance of being interminable . I have already said that I stood with others in the exterior circle , with my face to the preacher , and my back to those vaults which I have so often mentioned . My position rendered ...
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Aberfoil amang Andrew Fairservice answered appearance arms auld Bailie baith bawbee Campbell canna Captain Thornton Clachan cousin deil Diana Vernon dinna door doubt Dougal Duke e'en eneugh escape exclaimed eyes father the deacon father's affairs frae Galbraith gang Garschattachin gaun gentlemen gien Glasgow gude haena hand head heard Hieland Highland Highland pony honest honour horses Inglewood Jacobites Jarvie Jarvie's ken'd kinsman Kirk look Lowland MacGregor MacVittie mair maun mind Miss Vernon Mons Meg mony morning mountains muckle mysell naething never Nicol night onything Osbaldistone Hall Owen ower party person plaid prisoner puir Rashleigh replied Rob Roy Sassenach Scotland seemed siller speak sporran stranger suld sword Syddall tell thae there's thing thought tion tolbooth tone Tresham voice wad hae wadna waur weel whilk wild winna ye hae ye'll
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246 페이지 - has already paid the last ransom which mortal man can owe." "Eh ! What?" exclaimed my companion hastily ; " what d'ye say ? I trust it was in the skirmish he was killed?" " He was slain in cold blood, after the fight was over, Mr. Campbell.
207 페이지 - I recognised, to my horror and astonishment, my old acquaintance Morris. He fell prostrate before the female Chief with an effort to clasp her knees, from which she drew back, as if his touch had been pollution, so that all he could do in token of the extremity of his humiliation, was to kiss the hem of her plaid.
263 페이지 - I speak of all this?" he said, sitting down again, and in a calmer tone. " Only ye may opine it frets my patience, Mr. Osbaldistone, to be hunted like an otter, or a sealgh, or a salmon upon the shallows, and that by...
207 페이지 - I supposed, their forces, with a view to the purposed attack on the Lowlanders ; and the dejection and despair, at first visible on each countenance, gave place to the hope of rescuing their leader, and to the thirst of vengeance. It was under the burning influence of the latter passion that the wife of MacGregor commanded that the hostage exchanged for his safety should be brought into her presence. I believe her sons had kept this unfortunate wretch out of her sight, for fear of the consequences...
263 페이지 - And they shall find," he said, in the same muttered, but deep tone of stifled passion, " that the name they have dared to proscribe — that the name of MacGregor — t* a spell to raise the wild devil withal. They shall hear of my vengeance, that would scorn to listen to the story of my wrongs — The miserable Highland drover, bankrupt, bare-footed, — stripped of all...
92 페이지 - And hears him rustling in the wood, and sees His course at distance by the bending trees ; And thinks, Here comes my mortal enemy, And either he must fall in fight, or I...
209 페이지 - I was so much moved by this horrid spectacle, that, although in momentary expectation of sharing his fate, I did attempt to speak in his behalf, but, as might have been expected, my interference was sternly disregarded. The victim was held fast by some, while others, binding a large heavy stone in a plaid, tied it round his neck, and others again eagerly stripped him of some part of his dress. Half-naked, and thus manacled, they hurled him into the lake, there about twelve feet deep, with a loud...
208 페이지 - ... went on around you ! This enjoyment you shall not live to partake of ; you shall die, base dog, and that before yon cloud has passed over the sun.
209 페이지 - But the knot had been securely bound — -the wretched man sunk without effort ; the waters, which his fall had disturbed, settled calmly over him, and the unit of that life for which he had pleaded so strongly, was for ever withdrawn from the sum of human existence.
109 페이지 - ... his father Solomon, and, as it was weel put by Mr Meiklejohn, in his lecture on the chapter, were doubtless partakers of his sapience. But I maun hear naething about honour— we ken naething here but about credit. Honour is a homicide and a bloodspiller, that gangs about making frays in the street ; but Credit is a decent honest man, that sits at hame and makes the pat " Assuredly, Mr Jarvie," said our friend Owen, " credit is the sum total ; and if we can but save that, at whatever discount...