"I would do what a man might do, and still call himself a man." "Do you call yourself a man," said ...
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"To my private apartment behind the tapestry," answered the prostrate nobleman. "From thence how s...
at this intimation, knowing that such an honour was only vouchsafed to persons of very high rank. "...
advantage--and--and--" Here Dalgetty's breath and eyesight began to fail him through loss of blood...
gentlemen, they made no impression on the Highlanders whatever, and recoiled in disorder from ranks...
existing heads of these rival families had stood in the most marked opposition to each other since ...
simple creature, Ranald MacEagh, guided me by paths which my steed Gustavus (which your lordship ma...
Major Dalgetty, keeping his eye on Allan as he spoke, introduced Ranald MacEagh under the fictitiou...
POCULA; and it was only a rapid flight by water which saved that chief from death or captivity. But...
evil. But I," he continued--"I repeat to you, that this weapon --that is, such a weapon as this," t...
"Thane of Menteith," he said, "you have well spoken; nor is there one of us in whose bosom the same...
their purses." "And respecting arms," said Captain Dalgetty, "if your lordship will permit an old ...
"That will do but little for Dalgetty," returned the Captain; "but corragio! as the Spaniard says. ...
haughtily, "to set my vanity in arms against my principles. The King gave my ancestors their title ...
again complain of the hospitality of Darnlinvarach." "Threatened men," said Sir Duncan, "live long....