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The Heart of Mid-Lothian PROVENANCE OF ILLUSTRATIONS Subject or Title Original Drawing Etching Effie and Geordie Sir J. E. Millais R. Macbeth-Raeburn Tolbooth, Cannongate Photo Etching by: John Andrew & Son Co. The Porteous Mob Wal. Paget Ad. Lalouze The Laird in Jeanie’s Cottage Hugh Cameron H. Macbeth-Raeburn “Jeanie—I say Jeanie woman!” Original Etching by: George Cruikshank St. Anthony’s Chapel Photo Etching by: John Andrew & Son Co. Muschat’s Cairn Sam Bough B. Dammon Jeanie and Effie R. Herdman H. Macbeth-Raeburn Jeanie and the Laird of Dumbiedykes Wal. Paget V. Focillon Jeanie in the Outlaws Hut Wal. Paget A. Mongin Madge and Jeanie Wal. Paget H. W. Batley A “Summat” to Eat and Drink Original Etching by: Georg Cruikshank Jeanie and Queen Caroline Wal. Paget F. Huth The Captain of Knockdunder Original Etching by: Georg Cruikshank Death of Sir George Staunton Wal. Paget Ad. Lalouze Jeanie Dean’s Cottage Photo Etching by: John Andrew & Son Co. 4
THE HEART OF Sir Walter Scott 5 MID-LOTHIAN Hear, Land o’ Cakes and brither Scots, Frae Maidenkirk to Johnny Groat’s, 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.
Page 1 and 2: THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN By Walter
Page 3: Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 A
Page 7 and 8: “The Heart of Mid-Lothian,” in
Page 9 and 10: censure of these industrious litera
Page 11 and 12: was given to many children, in piou
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Page 15 and 16: of it.” “I do not think that th
Page 17 and 18: part of its remarks. The Reviewer f
Page 19 and 20: may meet with a purchaser: unless (
Page 21 and 22: with impartiality. For, O ye powers
Page 23 and 24: disengaged countenance. She said,
Page 25 and 26: ney to London, but found this nearl
Page 27 and 28: part of a century, uniformly acknow
Page 29 and 30: colouring. But that which gratifies
Page 31 and 32: newspapers, having succeeded in dis
Page 33 and 34: “O, true, Mr. Dunover,” said on
Page 35 and 36: “Poor man!” echoed Halkit—
Page 37 and 38: secret view to my present task),
Page 39 and 40: etween indignation at the undeserve
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Page 45 and 46: THE HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN CHAPTER FIR
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and a hook at the back of the hatch
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who favoured him. These internal em
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He sprung from the scaffold, snatch
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CHAPTER THIRD “The hour’s come,
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tive for which those under whose au
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taken to repress it. But the shout
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face against law and gospel, and le
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five minutes sooner, before Wilson
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“Ay, and then the lusty banquetin
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cloth for his sorrel horse will be
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the sound of the words, “ye said
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she behoved to come and speak to Mr
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Mr. Butler wad ken her father, or s
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CHAPTER FIFTH But up then raise all
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wards a ponderous key of about two
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tempts. The rioters, who seemed to
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out to the support of their sentine
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ing the persons, of the rioters. Ev
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sented against them. One of their o
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past. Some of his friends, however,
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A place of concealment so obvious t
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guished by the name of Madge Wildfi
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moved forward with a slow and deter
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its completion. Butler, then, at th
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and as most of the Scottish nobilit
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which storms had detached from the
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when wine and cavalierism predomina
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On the very term-day when their eje
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naething but to tell me that ye can
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created some intimacy between the f
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to have been balanced by the circum
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ing to the practice of Columella an
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of sense and observation, the const
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among the poorer students of divini
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Mr. Deans, with a gravity that seem
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Sir Walter Scott to her fathers; an
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to call at Saint Leonard’s just s
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trees or cabbages which she had lef
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most pertinacious of starers produc
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The careful father was absent in hi
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“And so I might, Jeanie,” conti
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And she kept her vow for a week, du
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keeping, and promiscuous dancing, t
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At length, when Mrs. Saddletree’s
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The old man had now raised himself
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melancholy news of Effie Deans’s
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“I have business here,” said th
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“Who or what are you,” replied
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and imperative, and had less of lov
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the intimacy of their family connec
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though not absolutely coinciding in
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The worthy burgher, in the plenitud
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pretence of zeal for his peace of m
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“You are,” said Butler, “what
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warm when the persecuted remnant we
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son horse, doubtless he shall be bo
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“Weel, Arniston? there’s a clev
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So saying, and as if fatigued, both
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a word could I get from her but bit
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with what speed he might, for it ha
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the street in conversation, which t
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There was something in this exquisi
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slouched hat. He only wanted a load
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“Just the post of under-turnkey,
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Wildfire, at whose name the magistr
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“Her safety shall be cared for,
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more than once on the point of prod
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draps o’ milk, and our bits o’
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It was not either in the nature or
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CHAPTER FOURTEENTH The spirit I hav
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particularly open to the temptation
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anxious reflections did not prevent
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“D—n!” muttered the man; and,
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and that he had assured her he woul
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The person who sung kept a strained
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eligious professors, and broken tra
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cast of countenance, not unmingled
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simplicity, “when ye ken I was un
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“Wi’ a’ my heart, Ratton. Gre
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“That wad gar me greet,” said M
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was a sufficient motive for taking
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A deep sigh was the only answer.
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whether you tell me anything or no.
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Ratcliffe, who was not trusted with
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Weel, yell say that’s queer; but
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“Silence her cursed noise, if you
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CHAPTER SEVENTEENTH You have paid t
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dune business wi’ before now, and
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“Is it only you, and be d—d to
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your poisoned chalice.—I say, rem
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y an old woman of the lower rank, e
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daughter had never seen Jock Porteo
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“Hear till her,” said Madge.
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ties, for what a violent and overma
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inding obligation of our national v
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what hae the wicked beyond the brea
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court held under the authority of t
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casion, although too young to be a
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CHAPTER EIGHTEENTH To man, in this
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oken-hearted. His mind, as the pict
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The double-dealing of Ratcliffe in
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must have been to find her sister u
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ut this awfu’ dispensation had ne
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“I fancy,” said Ratcliffe, with
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“I do believe,” said Jeanie,
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“Mr. Novit,” he said, “was to
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with disgust, when the affectionate
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of this nature, and how seldom, unl
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that of the sister-country) not onl
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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIRST We have strict
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to prevent such enormities, their o
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that the father of this infant now
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in this general joy, since, I know,
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the eloquence of maternal affection
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to bear witness against himself, it
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excepting themselves two? Declares,
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Cameronian Lily; but if I can but l
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Jeanie in the meantime had advanced
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“No, sir—we are by different mo
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prisoner, as her father was borne f
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ence of the justices, and the sworn
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CHAPTER TWENTY-THIRD Law, take thy
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with them a stunning apathy, which
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means of killing my greyheaded fath
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in his anger—but it’s a’ the
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that I mean to disturb you; but wha
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THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN CHAPTER FI
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“He has blessed mine errand,” s
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“Ah, Jeanie! ye never learned ony
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It was deep in the night when all t
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family misfortunes; but still she f
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y the head, and picking a meal of g
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there met by Mrs. Janet Balchristie
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num of his ear. As he was, in some
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“Outby his knowledge, Jeanie!—I
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heard his name yet—Come now, Jean
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father pays or disna pay, I make ye
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Butler dwelt, which, with its old-f
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usher. A similarity of taste begot
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“No understand me, man? Ictus is
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“I had a message frae my father t
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“Weel, but maybe I can get that t
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forby now; and I trust him entirely
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General Post-Office in Scotland wit
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out your free will and knowledge. O
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anent my poor father, and that misf
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educed by her deposit at Liberton,
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Without asking farther questions, t
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walking, and it was considerably la
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cipal inn there, and may find some
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“This won’t do, my girl. D—n
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“She has got a jark from Jim Ratc
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for decent Christian young leddies,
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“I think you give me always the f
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CHAPTER SIXTH Bind her quickly; or,
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hasty with his flats and sharps. Be
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devil, if there be a devil, and foo
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ut, rat me, I will be true to my fr
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Madge, who was walking very fast, s
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she had relieved the unhappy wander
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halt, that Great-heart delivered fr
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derangement of amind which was cons
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The Lady of Beeve in diamonds may s
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offended; an attempt the most likel
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told Jeanie that she thought they n
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ure of her father waving her back f
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It is true she felt disposed to be
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me to be brained by my mother when
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into this very comfortable provisio
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erence that she is a Scotchwoman, I
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Sir Walter Scott ment without some
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self before taking any steps which
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violence. She thought she could col
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“Ah,” she said, “an all Scotc
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“Silence!” he said sternly—
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you have heard my counsel, you may
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people in the suburbs, which she fr
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had been engaged in, should I be so
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usiness and leave her alone, she ha
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“Amen,” replied Staunton, “if
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CHAPTER TENTH And now, will pardon,
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to impute Jeanie’s language to si
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“I have made inquiry,” said the
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precious souls of our kirk, and spe
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“You refuse to see me. I suppose
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Jeanie felt conscious, that whoever
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ther sent him abroad, but he only r
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lated, would have sought to rise fr
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they are connected with the precedi
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story, I think—a case of child-mu
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With these words, she delivered to
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“It seems contrary to the genius
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them, Jeanie, as would gar ane thin
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Jeanie Deans, I say! come down stai
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lady whose interest with the king i
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They found themselves at the extrem
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many of those determined Tories, wh
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secured her power against the dange
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neglect.” This was said apparentl
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must allow me some of the privilege
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Sir Walter Scott 455 “If your Maj
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the disorder and damage which arise
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nightly exercise, forgot to pray th
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They found the carriage of the Duke
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occasion to send an express down to
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ceive how ardently, under all disti
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will be much more ready to give my
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deem that captivitie of my poor sis
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that may hae been spoken between us
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with tobacco, and it is not a littl
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tates of Heaven, and which she had
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in four weeks. Her mind is in an ev
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Duke wished to speak with her; and
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formed a strong contrast to her jou
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emaining form descended from its el
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with many a yell of delight around
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agitated, that Mr. Archibald did no
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When Faith hath chased cold Doubt a
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CHAPTER SEVENTEENTH Wilt thou go on
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travelling through Dumfriesshire an
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us, and for me in particular, who m
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let of fishing huts, where a shallo
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on’t.—Are you sure the boat wil
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and Dukes of Argyle, from an early
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“And she has left us to gang aff
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of David Deans, cowfeeder, and so f
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sentee) for the kirk of the parish
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did not very well know of what natu
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There is, perhaps, no time at which
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ers, merely on hearing these fearfu
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He received his friend with an appe
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the Gospel was as foolishness, yet
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for his pilotage. He stated the exa
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y professors, and specially by youn
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aphy and mode of expression. In thi
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She was obliged, however, at length
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ye speak o’, ye sall see the sinc
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different preparations of milk, ple
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On either side, a full bow-shot and
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her happiness to think she might be
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the kirk-session and the clergymen
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head, excepting David Deans, who al
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Duncan of Knock to a sense of rever
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deed always strictly canonical, but
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nary, Mrs. Dolly felt no alarm for
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here,” she said, “like a ghaist
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from her husband, and leading Jeani
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CHAPTER TWENTY-THIRD Lord! who woul
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always clean, and nobody ever saw a
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kaline smoothness of her own dispos
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had promised, that, if she lived an
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hand, though something stiff and co
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tion—then it was blows and stabs
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fairly vanquished the feeling of pi
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upon, she thought, to unveil her si
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erally disused now, that it sounds
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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIFTH Upon my head t
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spirited behaviour had so far a goo
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pots of jelly, her vials of the mor
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father David’s shrewdness, even u
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The title of this paper, so strange
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Such (for we omit moral reflections
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“Give it me, sir,” said the lad
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hastened into her own room to read
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pressions of mutual affection, Lady
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In fact, during the feverish tumult
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side of the intercepting rock, from
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part of the broad shelf or platform
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“I hope he will live to see mony
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in procession to the place where th
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desperate state of mind, occasional
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several public appearances in the A
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“Haud your din, carles,” said M
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for a minute, asked his guest wheth
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as he knew her to be, with the full
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At length they embarked in the boat
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While they agitated these grave sub
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had occasioned this breach of appoi
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“when you know the act of Parliam
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with his drawn sword in his hand. D
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learned from a companion of hers, t
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tion of men to excite the suspicion
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“Join wi’ Rob Roy, or wi’ Ser
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lowed the law, and rose more slowly
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of five shillings per quarter, as m
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Quakerism, doe endeavour to breid a
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assumed the habit, and entered into
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NOTE C.—THE OLD TOLBOOTH. The anc
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seemed to be all struck of a heap;
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how they might be seized. In conseq
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Tolbooth door, and refuses what is
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’tis believed it won’t be easy
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ut more exceptionable. His Majestie
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character in his line of life and a
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NOTE F.—PETER WALKER. This person
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more upon it, especially that fooli
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NOTE I.—THE FAIRY BOY OF LEITH, T
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NOTE J.—INTERCOURSE OF THE COV- E
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NOTE M.—Sir William Dick of Braid
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this.” In short, Hume had only ma
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NOTE P.—Expulsion of the Bishops
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oadside, without any date or author
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aising his head. If she chanced to
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“To the real history of this sing
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said, ‘that shall not be, for we
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