Tales of my landlord, collected and arranged by Jedediah Cleishbotham, Том 4 |
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... received no intelligence of what had happened until the morning was far advan- ced . His first enquiry was , whether Mac- briar and Kettledrummle had arrived agree- ably to the summons which he had dis- patched at midnight . Macbriar ...
... received no intelligence of what had happened until the morning was far advan- ced . His first enquiry was , whether Mac- briar and Kettledrummle had arrived agree- ably to the summons which he had dis- patched at midnight . Macbriar ...
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... the moderate party ventured upon another proposal , confiding that it would have the support of Langcale , who looked extremely blank at the news which they had just received , and might be sup posed OLD MORTALITY . 15.
... the moderate party ventured upon another proposal , confiding that it would have the support of Langcale , who looked extremely blank at the news which they had just received , and might be sup posed OLD MORTALITY . 15.
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sir Walter Scott (bart.) they had just received , and might be sup posed reconverted to moderate measures . It was to be presumed , they said , that since the King had not entrusted the com- mand of his forces upon the present occa ...
sir Walter Scott (bart.) they had just received , and might be sup posed reconverted to moderate measures . It was to be presumed , they said , that since the King had not entrusted the com- mand of his forces upon the present occa ...
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... received no con- tradiction even from those who were ex- pected to have been most active in oppo- sing it , and it was agreed that Henry Morton should go to the camp of the Duke of Monmouth , in order to discover upon what terms the ...
... received no con- tradiction even from those who were ex- pected to have been most active in oppo- sing it , and it was agreed that Henry Morton should go to the camp of the Duke of Monmouth , in order to discover upon what terms the ...
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... received him with the graceful courtesy which attended even his slightest actions ; Dalzell regarded him with a stern , gloomy , and impatient frown ; and Claverhouse , with a sarcastic smile and inclination of his head , seemed to ...
... received him with the graceful courtesy which attended even his slightest actions ; Dalzell regarded him with a stern , gloomy , and impatient frown ; and Claverhouse , with a sarcastic smile and inclination of his head , seemed to ...
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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.