Tales of My Landlord: 3rd ser, Volumes 1-2Samuel H. Parker, 1834 |
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... night she was bride in , [ that is , bedded bride , ] was taken from her bridegroom and harled [ dragged ] through the house , ( by spirits , we are given to understand , ) and soon afterwards died . Another daughter , " he says , " was ...
... night she was bride in , [ that is , bedded bride , ] was taken from her bridegroom and harled [ dragged ] through the house , ( by spirits , we are given to understand , ) and soon afterwards died . Another daughter , " he says , " was ...
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... night the Master of Ravenswood , by the bitter exclamations of bis despair , evoked some evil fiend , under whose malignant influence the future tissue of incidents was woven . Alas ! what fiend can suggest more desperate counsels ...
... night the Master of Ravenswood , by the bitter exclamations of bis despair , evoked some evil fiend , under whose malignant influence the future tissue of incidents was woven . Alas ! what fiend can suggest more desperate counsels ...
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... night , like the gourd of the prophet , and astonish the observer by their unexpected ardour and intensity . In fact , Lucy's senti- ments seemed chill , because nothing had occurred to in- terest or awaken them . Her life had hitherto ...
... night , like the gourd of the prophet , and astonish the observer by their unexpected ardour and intensity . In fact , Lucy's senti- ments seemed chill , because nothing had occurred to in- terest or awaken them . Her life had hitherto ...
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... night , there would be a hopeful lad lost , and no making a man of him . It was not so , he had heard , in Lord Ravenswood's time - when a buck was to be killed , man and mother's son ran to see ; and when the deer fell , the knife was ...
... night , there would be a hopeful lad lost , and no making a man of him . It was not so , he had heard , in Lord Ravenswood's time - when a buck was to be killed , man and mother's son ran to see ; and when the deer fell , the knife was ...
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... night in November . " The Master of Ravenswood entered the room accord- ingly , his cloak muffled around him , his arms folded , his looks stern , and at the same time dejected . He flung his cloak from him as he entered , threw himself ...
... night in November . " The Master of Ravenswood entered the room accord- ingly , his cloak muffled around him , his arms folded , his looks stern , and at the same time dejected . He flung his cloak from him as he entered , threw himself ...
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Alice Allan M'Aulay ancient Annot Lyle answered apartment Argyle arms army attendants auld Balderstone betwixt bride BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR Bucklaw Caleb called Captain Dalgetty castle cavalier character clan command Covenanters Craigengelt daughter Drumthwacket Earl of Menteith enemy eyes father favour fear feelings followed frae gentleman guests Gustavus hand Hayston head hear heard Highland honour hope horse Inverary kinsman Lady Ashton Laird look Lord Keeper Lord Menteith Lord Ravenswood lordship Lowland Lucy MacEagh Marquis Master of Ravenswood ment military mind Miss Ashton Mist Montrose Mysie never night noble occasion party person present Ranald Ravens replied Scotland Scottish seemed Sir Dugald Sir Duncan Campbell Sir William Ashton soldier speak spirit stranger supposed sword tell thought tion tone tower turn venswood voice weel whilk Wolf's Crag Wolf's-hope woman wood word young
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Page 9 - And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
Page 9 - If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond ; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
Page xv - Neither I should," answered the Ritt-master ; "but that great leader, captain, and king, the Lion of the North, and the bulwark of the Protestant faith, had a way of winning battles, taking towns, overrunning countries, and levying contributions, whilk made his service irresistibly delectable to all true-bred cavaliers who follow the noble profession of arms.
Page 43 - It is but fair to give the entire communication as received from my respected correspondent, which is more minute than the histories of the period. " Although I have not the honour of being personally known to you, I...
Page 269 - Drumthwacket, which he acquired, not by the sword, but by a pacific intermarriage with Hannah Strachan, a matron somewhat stricken in years, the widow of the Aberdeenshire Covenanter. Sir Dugald is supposed to have survived the Revolution, as traditions of no very distant date represent him as...