The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

‘The Fortunes of Nigel’ (1822) ch. 5
Gin by pailfuls, wine in rivers,
Dash the window-glass to shivers!
For three wild lads were we, brave boys,
And three wild lads were we;
Thou on the land, and I on the sand,
And Jack on the gallows-tree!
‘Guy Mannering’ (1815) ch. 34
The hour is come, but not the man.
‘The Heart of Midlothian’ (1818) ch. 4 title
The passive resistance of the Tolbooth-gate.
‘The Heart of Midlothian’ (1818) ch. 6
Proud Maisie is in the wood,
Walking so early,
Sweet Robin sits in the bush,
Singing so rarely.
‘The Heart of Midlothian’ (1818) ch. 40
‘Pax vobiscum [Peace be with you]’ will answer all queries.
‘Ivanhoe’ (1819) ch. 26
His morning walk was beneath the elms in the churchyard; ‘for death,’ he said, ‘had been his
next-door neighbour for so many years, that he had no apology for dropping the acquaintance.’
‘A Legend of Montrose’ (1819) introduction
March, march, Ettrick and Teviotdale,
Why the deil dinna ye march forward in order?
March, march, Eskdale and Liddesdale,
All the Blue Bonnets are bound for the Border.
‘The Monastery’ (1820) ch. 25
Ah! County Guy, the hour is nigh,
The sun has left the lea,
The orange flower perfumes the bower,
The breeze is on the sea.
‘Quentin Durward’ (1823) ch. 4
And it’s ill speaking between a fou man and a fasting.
‘Redgauntlet’ (1824) letter 11 ‘Wandering Willie’s Tale’
The ae half of the warld thinks the tither daft.
‘Redgauntlet’ (1824) ‘Journal of Darsie Latimer’ ch. 7
But with the morning cool repentance came.
‘Rob Roy’ (1817) ch. 12
Come fill up my cup, come fill up my cann,
Come saddle my horses, and call up my man;