Redgauntlet. By the author of 'Waverley'. |
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... Weel , round came the Revolution , and it had like to have broken the hearts baith of Dougal and his master . But the change was not a'the- gether sae great as they feared , and other folk thought for . The Whigs made an unca crawing ...
... Weel , round came the Revolution , and it had like to have broken the hearts baith of Dougal and his master . But the change was not a'the- gether sae great as they feared , and other folk thought for . The Whigs made an unca crawing ...
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... weel lighted , as ever it had been , though maybe he lacked the fines of the non - conformists , that used to come to stock larder and cellar ; for it is certain he began to be keener about the rents than his tenants used to find him ...
... weel lighted , as ever it had been , though maybe he lacked the fines of the non - conformists , that used to come to stock larder and cellar ; for it is certain he began to be keener about the rents than his tenants used to find him ...
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... weel - freended , and at last he got the haill scraped thegether — a thou- sand merks — the maist of it was from a neighbour they ca'd Laurie Lapraik — a sly tod . Laurie had walth o ' gear - could hunt wi ' the hound and rin wi ' the ...
... weel - freended , and at last he got the haill scraped thegether — a thou- sand merks — the maist of it was from a neighbour they ca'd Laurie Lapraik — a sly tod . Laurie had walth o ' gear - could hunt wi ' the hound and rin wi ' the ...
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... weel out of the room , when Sir Robert gied a yelloch that garr'd the castle rock . Back ran Dougal - in flew the livery - men -yell on yell gied the Laird , ilk ane mair awfu ' than the ither . My gudesire knew not whether to stand or ...
... weel out of the room , when Sir Robert gied a yelloch that garr'd the castle rock . Back ran Dougal - in flew the livery - men -yell on yell gied the Laird , ilk ane mair awfu ' than the ither . My gudesire knew not whether to stand or ...
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... Weel , away came my gudesire , wi ' his finger in his mouth , and his best hope was , that Dougal had seen the money - bag , and heard the Laird speak of writing the receipt . The young Laird , now Sir John , came from Edinburgh , to ...
... Weel , away came my gudesire , wi ' his finger in his mouth , and his best hope was , that Dougal had seen the money - bag , and heard the Laird speak of writing the receipt . The young Laird , now Sir John , came from Edinburgh , to ...
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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...