"To cut this matter short," said Sir Duncan, with an expression of voice and countenance somewhat a...
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"To ride with this person to-morrow!" exclaimed his lady; "such cannot be your purpose, Sir Duncan,...
chimneys, and the expectations which this seemed to warrant of his encountering an abundant stock o...
malignants; and I suspect you are one of those Irish runagates, who are come into this country to b...
preventing his obtaining redress, and reflecting against Montrose for not allowing him what he cons...
three brothers; so that you were in equal danger to displease him, in terming Prince Charles, the P...
the state or sovereign from whom he received his pay, without respect either to the justice of the ...
you?" "Tell me first," answered the soldier, "for whom are you?--the strongest party should speak ...
"Why, truly, sir," answered the soldier, "an Irish cavalier, called O'Quilligan, being major of our...
"I believe, Anderson," said Lord Menteith, looking back to one of his servants, for both were close...
march into Scotland, and your prick-ear'd Covenanters have been too hard for our friends in the sou...
not taken up the affair, and explained the circumstances and conditions. "I trust," he concluded, "...
season abounded; but the greater part of the vulgar were satisfied that she must have subsisted upo...
which Allan M'Aulay was placed, and tuning her clairshach, a small harp, about thirty inches in hei...
messenger--" Thus much had I spoken when the frail thing loosened its hold to fall without a flutte...