Redgauntlet: A Tale of the Eighteenth Century, Volumes 1-2Samuel H. Parker, 1834 |
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... seemed to hold some sort of authority among them , and occasionally directed their motions both by voice and hand ; at which times I thought his gestures were striking , and his voice uncommonly sonorous and commanding . The riders ...
... seemed to hold some sort of authority among them , and occasionally directed their motions both by voice and hand ; at which times I thought his gestures were striking , and his voice uncommonly sonorous and commanding . The riders ...
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... seemed , by the broken glances which the moon continued to throw upon it , to be steep , precipitous , and full of trees , which are , generally speaking , rather scarce upon these shores . The descent by which we plunged into this dell ...
... seemed , by the broken glances which the moon continued to throw upon it , to be steep , precipitous , and full of trees , which are , generally speaking , rather scarce upon these shores . The descent by which we plunged into this dell ...
Pagina 37
... seemed perfectly to understand the nature of the preparations , seated themselves one on each side of the table , to be ready to receive their portion of the entertainment . I never saw finer animals , or which seemed to be more in ...
... seemed perfectly to understand the nature of the preparations , seated themselves one on each side of the table , to be ready to receive their portion of the entertainment . I never saw finer animals , or which seemed to be more in ...
Pagina 41
... seemed that of a polished landlord towards an unexpected and unwelcome guest , whom , for the sake of his own credit , he receives with civility , but without either good - will or cheerfulness . If you ask how I learned all this , I ...
... seemed that of a polished landlord towards an unexpected and unwelcome guest , whom , for the sake of his own credit , he receives with civility , but without either good - will or cheerfulness . If you ask how I learned all this , I ...
Pagina 43
... seemed to be that of my landlord , traversing the boards ( there was no ceiling , as you may believe ) which roofed my apartment . Light , glancing through these rude planks , became visible as soon as my lamp was extinguished ; and as ...
... seemed to be that of my landlord , traversing the boards ( there was no ceiling , as you may believe ) which roofed my apartment . Light , glancing through these rude planks , became visible as soon as my lamp was extinguished ; and as ...
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Redgauntlet: A Tale of the Eighteenth Century Walter Scott (sir).),Sir Walter Scott Volledige weergave - 1832 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 87 - Advocate MacKenyie, who, for his worldly wit and wisdom, had been to the rest as a god. 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 spuleblade, to hide the wound that the silver bullet had made.
Pagina 194 - My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer, A-chasing the wild deer and following the roe — My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go!
Pagina 87 - 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 spuleblade, 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.
Pagina 80 - ... jackanape, that was a special pet of his ; a cankered beast it was, and mony an ill-natured trick it played — ill to please it was, and easily angered — ran about the haill castle, chattering and yowling, and pinching, and biting folk, specially before ill weather, or disturbances in the state.
Pagina 81 - Primrose-Knowe, as behind the hand with his mails and duties. Sir Robert gave my gudesire a look, as if he would have withered his heart in his bosom. Ye maun ken he had a way of bending his brows, that men saw the visible mark of a horse-shoe in his forehead, deep-dinted, as if it had been stamped there. 'Are ye come light-handed, ye son of a toom whistle ?
Pagina 16 - A hard and harsh countenance; eyes far sunk under projecting eyebrows, which were grizzled like his hair; a wide mouth, furnished from ear to ear with a range of unimpaired teeth of uncommon whiteness, and a size and breadth which might have become the jaws of an ogre, completed this delightful portrait.
Pagina 87 - Redgauntlet. There was the fierce Middleton, and the dissolute Rothes, and the crafty Lauderdale; and Dalyell, with his bald head and a beard to his girdle; and Earlshall, with Cameron's blude on his hand; and wild Bonshaw, that tied blessed Mr. Cargill's limbs till the blude sprung; and Dumbarton Douglas, the twice-turned traitor baith to country and king.
Pagina 87 - ... a wild set in his day. At last they parted, and my gudesire was to ride hame through the wood of Pitmurkie, that is a' fou of black firs, as they say. — I ken the wood, but the firs may be black or white for what I can tell. — At the entry of the wood there is a wild common, and on the edge of the common, a little lonely change-house, that was keepit then by...
Pagina 85 - Laird, sighing deeply, and putting his napkin to his een, "his was a sudden call, and he will be missed in the country; no time to set his house in order -weel prepared...
Pagina 82 - Dougal ; in flew the liverymen ; yell on yell gied the laird, ilk ane mair awfu' than the ither. My gudesire knew not whether to stand or flee, but he ventured back into the parlour, where a' was gaun hirdie-girdie — naebody to say " come in " or " gae out." Terribly the laird roared for cauld water to his feet, and wine to cool his throat ; and ' Hell, hell, hell, and its flames', was aye the word in his mouth. They brought him water, and when they plunged his...