Tales of my landlord, collected and arranged by Jedediah Cleishbotham, Том 4 |
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... Ailie , Wil- son , when they're maist ower proud to tak favours frae Lord Evandale himsel . Na , na , they maun follow the camp , if she tak Morton . " " That wad sort ill wi ' the auld leddy , to be sure , " said Cuddie ; " she wad ...
... Ailie , Wil- son , when they're maist ower proud to tak favours frae Lord Evandale himsel . Na , na , they maun follow the camp , if she tak Morton . " " That wad sort ill wi ' the auld leddy , to be sure , " said Cuddie ; " she wad ...
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... for her in sic ' a manner . Ye might hae had an M under your belt for Mistress Wilson of Milnwood . " " I beg pardon , " said Morton , internally smiling at finding in old Ailie the same jealousy of OLD MORTALITY . 231.
... for her in sic ' a manner . Ye might hae had an M under your belt for Mistress Wilson of Milnwood . " " I beg pardon , " said Morton , internally smiling at finding in old Ailie the same jealousy of OLD MORTALITY . 231.
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... Ailie ; " then maybe ye may hae heard of a young gentleman of this country that they ca ' Henry Morton ? " " I have heard , " said Morton , " of such a name in Germany . " " Then bide a wee bit where ye are , friend - or stay - gang ...
... Ailie ; " then maybe ye may hae heard of a young gentleman of this country that they ca ' Henry Morton ? " " I have heard , " said Morton , " of such a name in Germany . " " Then bide a wee bit where ye are , friend - or stay - gang ...
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... Ailie , to pilot himself in safety through the dark laby- rinth of passages that led from the back- door to the little kitchen ; but Henry was too well acquainted with the navigation of these streights to experience danger , either from ...
... Ailie , to pilot himself in safety through the dark laby- rinth of passages that led from the back- door to the little kitchen ; but Henry was too well acquainted with the navigation of these streights to experience danger , either from ...
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... - work , a girl of twelve years old , intimated , by its thin and watery vapour , that Ailie had not mended her cheer with her improved for- tune . When she entered , the head which nod- ded with 234 TALES OF MY LANDLORD .
... - work , a girl of twelve years old , intimated , by its thin and watery vapour , that Ailie had not mended her cheer with her improved for- tune . When she entered , the head which nod- ded with 234 TALES OF MY LANDLORD .
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Ailie answered Morton appeared arms auld Basil Olifant blood Bothwell Bridge Burley Cameronians canna Claverhouse command council countenance Dalzell death dragoons Duke Duke of Monmouth e'en Edith enemy Erastian Evandale's exclaimed eyes face Fairy-knowe favour fear frae gi'e Grahame gude Gudyill Halliday hand hast hath head hear heard heart Henry Morton hinny honour horse insurgents Irongray Jacobites Jenny kenn'd Lady Emily Lady Margaret Leddy look Lord Evan Lord Evandale Macbriar Maclure mair marriage maun ment Milnwood Miss Bellenden moderate party Monmouth mony morning neral never ower party person Poundtext Prince of Orange prisoner puir replied Cuddie replied Morton Scotland seemed shew soldiers speak stranger suld sword thae thee thing thou Tillietudlem tion trust turned voice weel whig wild window woman words ye'll
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Страница 95 - When I think of death, Mr Morton, as a thing worth thinking of, it is in the hope of pressing one day some well-fought and hard-won field of battle, and dying with the shout of victory in my ear— that would be worth dying for, and more, it would be worth having lived for...
Страница 95 - ... die — it has struck — you are alive and safe, and the lot has fallen on those fellows who were to murder you. — It is not the expiring pang that is worth thinking of in an event that must happen one day, and may befall us on any given moment — it is the memory which the soldier leaves behind him, like the long train of light that follows the sunken sun — that is all which is worth caring for, which distinguishes the death of the brave or the ignoble.