Waverley novels. (Library ed.). |
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... commands of the law were imperative ; and the privy council , who administered the executive power in Scotland , were severe in enforcing the statutory penalties against the crown vassals who did not appear at the periodical wappen ...
... commands of the law were imperative ; and the privy council , who administered the executive power in Scotland , were severe in enforcing the statutory penalties against the crown vassals who did not appear at the periodical wappen ...
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... command ; but once issued and received , there was a necessity for obeying it . He set off , therefore , at a hand- gallop , followed by the butler , in such a military attitude as became one who had served under Montrose , and with a ...
... command ; but once issued and received , there was a necessity for obeying it . He set off , therefore , at a hand- gallop , followed by the butler , in such a military attitude as became one who had served under Montrose , and with a ...
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... command of their officers . On such occasions Bothwell was usually the most forward . It is probable that Bothwell and his companions would not so long have remained quiet , but for respect to the presence of their Cornet , who ...
... command of their officers . On such occasions Bothwell was usually the most forward . It is probable that Bothwell and his companions would not so long have remained quiet , but for respect to the presence of their Cornet , who ...
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... command of the party when the slaughter was determined upon , fearing his acceptance might be ascribed to motives of personal enmity . He felt himself free in conscience , however , to be present ; and when the archbishop , dragged from ...
... command of the party when the slaughter was determined upon , fearing his acceptance might be ascribed to motives of personal enmity . He felt himself free in conscience , however , to be present ; and when the archbishop , dragged from ...
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... command attention . After it had been repeated again and again , the housekeeper , grumbling betwixt her teeth as she rose from the chimney corner in the hall , and wrapping her checked handkerchief round her head to secure her from the ...
... command attention . After it had been repeated again and again , the housekeeper , grumbling betwixt her teeth as she rose from the chimney corner in the hall , and wrapping her checked handkerchief round her head to secure her from the ...
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Ailie answered Morton arms army auld Balfour battle blood body Bothwell Burley called Cameronians canna carabines Castle cause Charnwood Claverhouse Colonel Grahame command Cornet council Covenant Covenanters Cuddie death dinna dragoons Duke Duke of Monmouth e'en enemy Erastian Evandale's exclaimed eyes favour fear followed frae gentleman Glasgow gude Gudyill Halliday hand hath head hear heard Henry Morton hinny honour horse insurgents Jenny Dennison Kettledrummle King Lady Margaret Bellenden leddy look Lord Evandale Macbriar mair Major Bellenden maun Mause Milnwood Miss Bellenden mither morning muckle never officer Old Mortality ower party person popinjay Poundtext presbyterian prisoner puir replied Morton Scotland seemed sergeant soldiers speak suffered suld sword thae thee thou Tillietudlem Tower troopers turned voice weel whig woman word ye'll young
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Страница 216 - Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings : and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
Страница 215 - But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
Страница 336 - Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 'twas natural to please : His motions all accompanied with grace ; And paradise was open'd in his face.
Страница 425 - Ah, fields beloved in vain, Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet to pain ? I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Страница 28 - ... in rotation, at the distance of sixty or seventy paces. He whose ball brought down the mark held the proud title of Captain of the Popinjay for the remainder of the day, and was usually escorted in triumph to the most reputable change-house in the neighbourhood, where the evening was closed with conviviality, conducted under his auspices, and, if he was able to sustain it, at his expense.
Страница 17 - I was agreeably undeceived. An old man was seated upon the monument of the slaughtered presbyterians, and busily employed in deepening with his chisel the letters of the inscription, which, announcing, in scriptural language, the promised blessings of -futurity to be the lot of the slain, anathematized the murderers with corresponding violence.
Страница 347 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Страница 372 - The charge is prepared, the lawyers are met, The judges all ranged — a terrible show ! BEGGAR'S OPERA. So deep was the slumber which succeeded the agitation and embarrassment of the preceding day, that Morton hardly knew where he was when it was broken by the tramp of horses, the hoarse voice of men, and the wild sound of the trumpets blowing the reveille".
Страница 181 - SAVE me, O God ; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Страница 80 - Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music...