The Bride of Lammermoor: And a Legend of MontroseMarcus Ward & Company, 1878 - 504 pages |
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Alice Allan M'Aulay ancient Angus Annot Lyle answered apartment Argyle arms army attendants auld Balderston better betwixt Bucklaw Caleb called Captain Dalgetty castle cavalier character Chiefs clan command Covenanters daughter Drumthwacket Earl Earl of Menteith enemy eyes father favour fear feelings followers frae gentleman gude guests Gustavus hand Hayston head heard Highland honour hope horse Inverary kinsman Knight of Ardenvohr Lady Ashton Laird Lockhard look Lord Keeper Lord Menteith Lord Ravenswood lordship Lowland Lucy Marquis Master of Ravenswood military mind Miss Ashton Mist Montrose Mysie never night noble occasion party person present Ranald MacEagh rank Ravens received replied respect returned Scotland Scottish seemed Sir Dugald Sir Duncan Campbell Sir William Ashton soldier spirit stranger supposed sword tell thought tone tower turn voice weel whilk Wolf's Crag Wolf's-hope word young
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Page 461 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Page 102 - A sail ! a sail ! With throats unslaked, vu h black lips baked, Agape they heard me call : Gramercy ! they for joy did grin, And all at once their breath drew in, As they were drinking all. See! see! (I cried) she tacks no more! Hither to work us weal; Without a breeze, without a tide, She steadies with upright keel!
Page 7 - If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth ; " And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold...
Page 7 - 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.
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Page 349 - And like reapers descend to the harvest of death. Then welcome be Cumberland's steed to the shock...
Page 136 - We worldly men, when we see friends and kinsmen, Past hope sunk in their fortunes, lend no hand To lift them up, but rather set our feet Upon their heads, to press them to the bottom ; As, I must yield, with you I practised it : But now I see you in a way to rise, I can and will assist you ; this rich lady (And I am glad oft) is enamour'd of you ; 'Tis too apparent, nephew.
Page 279 - Here they found the unfortunate girl, seated, or rather couched like a hare upon its form — her head-gear dishevelled ; her night-clothes torn and dabbled with blood, — her eyes glazed, and her features convulsed into a wild paroxysm of insanity.
Page 303 - For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks...