The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Tales of a grandfatherRobert Cadell, 1848 |
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... seemed to show great contempt for the smallness of their numbers ( only 110 men ) , saying they were but a breakfast to them , and that they would soon repent coming thither . " - WADE's Narrative . ] ber for the city , and the set of ...
... seemed to show great contempt for the smallness of their numbers ( only 110 men ) , saying they were but a breakfast to them , and that they would soon repent coming thither . " - WADE's Narrative . ] ber for the city , and the set of ...
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... seemed to arise , unfavour- able to the unhappy criminal , and public threats were cast out , though the precise source could not be traced , that the reprieve itself should not save Porteous from the vengeance of the citizens of ...
... seemed to arise , unfavour- able to the unhappy criminal , and public threats were cast out , though the precise source could not be traced , that the reprieve itself should not save Porteous from the vengeance of the citizens of ...
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... seemed to consist . A cry was next raised for the gallows , in order that Porteous might die according to all the ceremony of the law . But as this instrument of punishment was kept in a distant part of the town , so that time must be ...
... seemed to consist . A cry was next raised for the gallows , in order that Porteous might die according to all the ceremony of the law . But as this instrument of punishment was kept in a distant part of the town , so that time must be ...
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... seemed in itself so simple and satisfactory that although the degree of proof , upon investiga tion , fell far short of what was necessary as full evidence , I cannot help considering it as the most probable account of the mysterious ...
... seemed in itself so simple and satisfactory that although the degree of proof , upon investiga tion , fell far short of what was necessary as full evidence , I cannot help considering it as the most probable account of the mysterious ...
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... seemed to support the story , and had gone abroad shortly after the Por- teous Mob , yet he had never acknowledged any accession to it , but on the contrary , maintained his innocence when taxed , as he sometimes was , with having a ...
... seemed to support the story , and had gone abroad shortly after the Por- teous Mob , yet he had never acknowledged any accession to it , but on the contrary , maintained his innocence when taxed , as he sometimes was , with having a ...
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Página 57 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Página 325 - Devouring flames, and murdering steel ! The pious mother, doom'd to death, Forsaken, wanders o'er the heath, The bleak wind whistles round her head, Her helpless orphans cry for bread ; Bereft of shelter, food, and friend, She views the shades of night descend, And, stretch'd beneath the' inclement skies, Weeps o'er her tender babes and dies.
Página 353 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. 5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor.
Página 217 - I heard three people, sensible, middle-aged men, when the Scotch were said to be at Stamford, and actually were at Derby, talking of hiring a chaise to go to Caxton, a place in the high road, to see the Pretender and the Highlanders as they passed.
Página 266 - ... if you will except one or two, became passionately fond of the young Adventurer, and used all their arts and industry for him in the most intemperate manner.
Página 163 - ... wound on his right arm, that his sword dropped out of his hand; and at the same time several others coming about him while he was thus dreadfully entangled with that cruel weapon, he was dragged off from his horse. The moment he fell, another Highlander...
Página 253 - ... paces ; but if the fire is given at a distance, you probably will be broke, for you never get time to load a second cartridge ; and if you give way, you may give your foot for dead, for they, being without a firelock, or any load, no man with his arms, accoutrements, &c., can escape them, and they give no quarter ; but if you will but observe the above directions, they are the most despicable enemy that are.
Página 145 - ... of a scythe fastened to it, somewhat like the weapon called the Lochaber axe, which the town-guard soldiers carry; but all of them, he added, would be soon provided with firelocks, as the arms belonging to the Trained Bands of Edinburgh had fallen into their hands.
Página 320 - The moor was covered with blood ; and our men, what with killing the enemy, dabbling their feet in the blood, and splashing it about one another, looked like so many butchers.
Página 182 - ... so wise and prudent, declared his purpose of joining Charles, most of the gentlemen in that part of the country where • he lived, who favoured the Pretender's cause, put themselves under his command, thinking they could not follow a better or a safer guide than Lord Pitsligo.