Redgauntlet. By the author of 'Waverley'. |
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... length ; and in the charge of an- other elderly man , substituted in his place , I know not how or why , I completed my journey to Scot- land - and this is all I recollect . I repeat the little history now , as I have a hundred times ...
... length ; and in the charge of an- other elderly man , substituted in his place , I know not how or why , I completed my journey to Scot- land - and this is all I recollect . I repeat the little history now , as I have a hundred times ...
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... length thou didst begin to shew about thee a spark of something dangerous , which I was bound to respect at least , if I did not fear it . And while I speak of this , it is not much amiss to advise thee to correct a little this cock - a ...
... length thou didst begin to shew about thee a spark of something dangerous , which I was bound to respect at least , if I did not fear it . And while I speak of this , it is not much amiss to advise thee to correct a little this cock - a ...
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... length sallied out to the river side , I found my- self subjected to a new trick on the part of my accomplished preceptor . Apparently he liked fishing himself better than the trouble of instruct- ing an awkward novice , such as I ; and ...
... length sallied out to the river side , I found my- self subjected to a new trick on the part of my accomplished preceptor . Apparently he liked fishing himself better than the trouble of instruct- ing an awkward novice , such as I ; and ...
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... length the surface of the sand did seem considerably more intersected with pools and channels full of water - either that the tide was really beginning to influence the bed of the estuary , or , as I must own is equally proba- ble ...
... length the surface of the sand did seem considerably more intersected with pools and channels full of water - either that the tide was really beginning to influence the bed of the estuary , or , as I must own is equally proba- ble ...
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... length we arrived at a part of the shore with which I was utterly unacquainted , where I alighted , and began to return , in the best fashion I could , my thanks for the important service which he had just ren- dered me . The stranger ...
... length we arrived at a part of the shore with which I was utterly unacquainted , where I alighted , and began to return , in the best fashion I could , my thanks for the important service which he had just ren- dered me . The stranger ...
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Alan Fairford amusement aneugh answered auld Auld Enemy began better betwixt Birrenswork brandy brook brow called Castle Cat's Cradle Dame Martin dance Darsie Latimer dinner door doubtless Dougal eyes father fear frae gangrel gentle gentleman give gude gudesire hand hast hath heard heart Herries himsell hinny honour horse Hutcheon James James Wilkinson Joshua Geddes lady Laird laugh little Benjie look mair matter maun ment mind mony morning Mount Sharon muckle never night Noble-House observed passed perhaps Peter Peebles pipe and tabor pleasure poor Quaker Redgauntlet replied Samuel Griffiths sands Scotland Scots Law seemed Shepherd's Bush shew silver Sir John Sir Robert Solomon Solway speak Steenie stood stranger tell thee thine thing thought tion tone turned walk wasna weel Whigs whilk Willie wish woman word ye ken young
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Página 231 - Are ye come light-handed, ye son of a toom whistle?" said Sir Robert. " Zounds! if you are " My gudesire, with as gude a countenance as he could put on, made a leg, and placed the bag of money on the table wi' a dash, like a man that does something clever. The Laird drew it to him hastily — " Is it all here, Steenie, man ?" " Your honour will find it right,"' said my gudesire. " Here, Dougal," said the Laird, " gie Steenie a tass of brandy down stairs, till I count the siller and write the receipt.
Página 247 - And there was Claverhouse, as beautiful as when he lived, with his long, dark, curled locks, streaming down over his laced buff-coat, and his left hand always on his right spule-blade, to hide the wound that the silver bullet had made.* He sat apart from them all, and looked at them with a melancholy, haughty countenance; while the rest hallooed, and sung, and laughed, that the room rang.
Página 244 - But there may be some under the earth," said the stranger. "Come, I'll be frank wi' you; I could lend you the money on bond, but you would maybe scruple my terms. Now, I can tell you, that your auld Laird is disturbed in his grave by your curses, and the wailing of your family, and if ye daur venture to go to see him, he will give you the receipt.
Página 240 - He paused, and then added, mair sternly, 'If I understand your trick, sir, you want to take advantage of some malicious reports concerning things in this family, and particularly respecting my father's sudden death, thereby to cheat me out of the money, and perhaps take away my character, by insinuating that I have received the rent I am demanding. Where do you suppose this money to be? I insist upon knowing.
Página 256 - although this vision of yours tends, on the whole, to my father's credit, as an honest man, that he should, even after his death, desire to see justice done to a poor man like you, yet you are sensible that ill-dispositioned men might make bad constructions upon it, concerning his soul's health. So, I think, we had better lay the haill dirdum on that ill-deedie creature, Major Weir, and say naething about your dream in the wood of Pitmurkie.
Página 232 - John and his father never gree'd weel. Sir John had been bred an advocate, and afterwards sat in the last Scots Parliament and voted for the Union, having gotten, it was thought, a rug of the compensations. If his father could have come out of his grave, he would have brained him for it on his awn hearthstane.
Página 254 - ... a red-hot chanter. But yet it may be true, Steenie ; and if the money cast up, I shall not know what to think of it. — But where shall we find the Cat's Cradle ? There are cats enough about the old house, but I think they kitten without the ceremony of bed or cradle.
Página 259 - Laird himsell, if no better. But Heaven kens the truth, whilk first came out by the minister's wife, after Sir John and her ain gudeman were baith in the moulds. And then, my gudesire, wha was failed in his limbs, but not in his judgment or memory — at least nothing to speak of — was obliged to tell the real narrative to his freends, for the credit of his good name. He might else have been charged for a warlock...
Página 251 - I am not done with thee. HERE we do nothing for nothing; and you must return on this very day twelvemonth, to pay your master the homage that you owe me for my protection." My father's tongue was loosed of a suddenty, and he said aloud, "I refer mysell to God's pleasure, and not to yours.
Página 234 - it shall never break my service to Sir Robert; and I will answer his next whistle, so be you will stand by me, Hutcheon.' Hutcheon had nae will to the wark, but he had stood by Dougal in battle and broil, and he wad not fail him at this pinch; so...