Redgauntlet. By the author of 'Waverley'. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 31
Página 23
... took care to accept my pardon as a matter of grace , rather than of jus- tice ; and only replied , we should feel ourselves duller of an evening , now that you were absent . I will give you my father's exact words in reply , Darsie ...
... took care to accept my pardon as a matter of grace , rather than of jus- tice ; and only replied , we should feel ourselves duller of an evening , now that you were absent . I will give you my father's exact words in reply , Darsie ...
Página 27
... took the risk of a do- miciliary visitation , and lay snug in bed , trusting its glimmer might , without further inquiry , be received as sufficient evidence of his vigilance . And now , upon this the third morning after your departure ...
... took the risk of a do- miciliary visitation , and lay snug in bed , trusting its glimmer might , without further inquiry , be received as sufficient evidence of his vigilance . And now , upon this the third morning after your departure ...
Página 37
... took me for . you Why , what a pair of prigs hast thou made of us ! -I plunging into scrapes , without having courage to get out of them - thy sagacious self , afraid to put one foot before the other , lest it should run away from its ...
... took me for . you Why , what a pair of prigs hast thou made of us ! -I plunging into scrapes , without having courage to get out of them - thy sagacious self , afraid to put one foot before the other , lest it should run away from its ...
Página 39
... took compassion on the moaning monster , and dragged him out by mane and tail . As for me , my portrait is , if possible , even more scandalously caricatured . I fail or quail in spirit at the upcome ! Where canst thou shew me the least ...
... took compassion on the moaning monster , and dragged him out by mane and tail . As for me , my portrait is , if possible , even more scandalously caricatured . I fail or quail in spirit at the upcome ! Where canst thou shew me the least ...
Página 41
... took the risk of firing the said pistol for the first time , while you stood at twen- ty yards distance ; and that , when you were per- suaded it would go off without bursting , forget- ting all law but that of the biggest and strong ...
... took the risk of firing the said pistol for the first time , while you stood at twen- ty yards distance ; and that , when you were per- suaded it would go off without bursting , forget- ting all law but that of the biggest and strong ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
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
Pasajes populares
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...