The Black DwarfClassic Books Company, 2001 - 262 pages Scott's 1816 novella of love and nationalism along the Scottish Borders receives the authoritative treatment characteristic of the Edinburgh Editions. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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... Scots , Frae Maidenkirk to Jonny Groats ' , If there's a hole in a ' your coats , I rede ye tent it ; A chiel's amang you takin ' notes , An ' faith he'll prent it ! Burns . NOTE ON THE FRONTISPIECE DAVID RITCHIE ( The original of.
... Scots , Frae Maidenkirk to Jonny Groats ' , If there's a hole in a ' your coats , I rede ye tent it ; A chiel's amang you takin ' notes , An ' faith he'll prent it ! Burns . NOTE ON THE FRONTISPIECE DAVID RITCHIE ( The original of.
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... there for a day or two , in the course of which Scott had his first and only interview with David Ritchie , the original of his Black Dwarf .'— Lockhart's ' Life of Scott , ' volume i . chapter viii . 6 The water - colour sketch ...
... there for a day or two , in the course of which Scott had his first and only interview with David Ritchie , the original of his Black Dwarf .'— Lockhart's ' Life of Scott , ' volume i . chapter viii . 6 The water - colour sketch ...
Page xiii
... , as Envy always dogs Merit at the heels , there may be those who will whisper , that albeit my learning and good principles cannot ( lauded be the heavens ) be denied by any one , yet that my situation at Gandercleugh hath been xiii.
... , as Envy always dogs Merit at the heels , there may be those who will whisper , that albeit my learning and good principles cannot ( lauded be the heavens ) be denied by any one , yet that my situation at Gandercleugh hath been xiii.
Page xviii
... there is a penalty against manufacturing such a liquor , let him show me the statute ; and when he does , I'11 tell him if I will obey it or no . own . Concerning those who came to my Landlord for liquor , and went thirsty away , for ...
... there is a penalty against manufacturing such a liquor , let him show me the statute ; and when he does , I'11 tell him if I will obey it or no . own . Concerning those who came to my Landlord for liquor , and went thirsty away , for ...
Page xix
... there was no district in Scotland , yea , and no peculiar , and , as it were , distinctive custom therein practised , but was dis- cussed betwixt us ; insomuch , that those who stood by were wont to say , it was worth a bottle of ale to ...
... there was no district in Scotland , yea , and no peculiar , and , as it were , distinctive custom therein practised , but was dis- cussed betwixt us ; insomuch , that those who stood by were wont to say , it was worth a bottle of ale to ...
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Page 66 - Tis the fire-shower of ruin all dreadfully driven From his eyrie, that beacons the darkness of heaven. Oh, crested Lochiel ! the peerless in might, Whose banners arise on the battlements' height, Heaven's fire is around thee, to blast and to burn ; Return to thy dwelling ! all lonely return ! For the blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood, And a wild mother scream o'er her famishing brood.
Page 61 - When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Page 60 - Marry, then, sweet wag, when thou art king, let not us, that are squires of the night's body, be called thieves of the day's beauty; let us be — Diana's foresters, gentlemen of the shade, minions of the moon : And let men say, we be men of good government; being governed as the sea is, by our noble and chaste mistress the moon, under whose countenance we — steal, P.