Waverley: Or, 'Tis Sixty Years SinceBaudry, 1839 - 436 páginas |
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... chief thief - taker of the district ? Thief - laker ! " answered Rose , laughing ; " he is a gentleman of great honour and consequence ; the chieftain of an independent branch of a powerful Highland clan , and is much 134 WAVERLEY .
... chief thief - taker of the district ? Thief - laker ! " answered Rose , laughing ; " he is a gentleman of great honour and consequence ; the chieftain of an independent branch of a powerful Highland clan , and is much 134 WAVERLEY .
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... chieftains , who not only found the creaghs , or forays , useful for the purpose of training individuals of their clan to the practice of arms , but also of maintaining a wholesome terror among their Lowland neighbours , and levying ...
... chieftains , who not only found the creaghs , or forays , useful for the purpose of training individuals of their clan to the practice of arms , but also of maintaining a wholesome terror among their Lowland neighbours , and levying ...
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... Chieftain's house in returning , where he would be sure of good accommoda- tion and an excellent welcome , there seemed nothing very formi- dable in the task he undertook . Rose , indeed , turned pale when she heard of it ; but her ...
... Chieftain's house in returning , where he would be sure of good accommoda- tion and an excellent welcome , there seemed nothing very formi- dable in the task he undertook . Rose , indeed , turned pale when she heard of it ; but her ...
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... chieftain , he would probably have been attended by all that retinue which Evan described with so much unction , he judged it more respectable to advance to meet Waverley with a single attend- ant , a very handsome Highland boy , who ...
... chieftain , he would probably have been attended by all that retinue which Evan described with so much unction , he judged it more respectable to advance to meet Waverley with a single attend- ant , a very handsome Highland boy , who ...
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... chieftain . For the same reason , he crowded his estate with a tenantry , hardy indeed , and fit for the purposes of war , but greatly outnumbering what the soil was cal- culated to maintain . These consisted chiefly of his own clan ...
... chieftain . For the same reason , he crowded his estate with a tenantry , hardy indeed , and fit for the purposes of war , but greatly outnumbering what the soil was cal- culated to maintain . These consisted chiefly of his own clan ...
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