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Page 12
Yet while they marched in the same ranks , and spurred their horses at the same trumpet - sound , the memory of the former are dear to us as patriots or loyalists that of those who acted on mean or unworthy promptings , is either ...
Yet while they marched in the same ranks , and spurred their horses at the same trumpet - sound , the memory of the former are dear to us as patriots or loyalists that of those who acted on mean or unworthy promptings , is either ...
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... under cover of one addressed to Mrs. Debbitch , to a house in the town of Rushin , where packets and messages intended for the family at Black - Fort were usually deposited ; and for that purpose to take horse immediately .
... under cover of one addressed to Mrs. Debbitch , to a house in the town of Rushin , where packets and messages intended for the family at Black - Fort were usually deposited ; and for that purpose to take horse immediately .
Page 46
You have bills of exchange , it is true ; but are you provided with ready money to furnish yourself with a good horse ? ” “ I am sufficiently rich , madam , " answered Julian ; “ and good nags are plenty in Cumberland .
You have bills of exchange , it is true ; but are you provided with ready money to furnish yourself with a good horse ? ” “ I am sufficiently rich , madam , " answered Julian ; “ and good nags are plenty in Cumberland .
Page 47
Here is what will purchase for you the best horse on the Borders . - Can you be simple enough to refuse it ? " she added , as she pressed on him a heavy purse , which he saw himself obliged to accept . “ A good horse , Julian , ” said ...
Here is what will purchase for you the best horse on the Borders . - Can you be simple enough to refuse it ? " she added , as she pressed on him a heavy purse , which he saw himself obliged to accept . “ A good horse , Julian , ” said ...
Page 58
“ Resist ! mein Gott , ” said the captain , ” she did 1 resist like a troop of horse — she did cry , you might hear her at Whitehaven - she did go up the rigging like a cat up a chimney ; but dat vas ein trick of her old trade .
“ Resist ! mein Gott , ” said the captain , ” she did 1 resist like a troop of horse — she did cry , you might hear her at Whitehaven - she did go up the rigging like a cat up a chimney ; but dat vas ein trick of her old trade .
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| Title | Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2 Peveril of the Peak, Walter Scott |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Publisher | James Crissy, 1826 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Jan 25, 2007 |
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