 | 1883 - 614 pages
...keep my word and come back to redeem him, I can tell them they ken neither the heart of a Hielandmaii, nor the honour of a gentleman.' There was no further...laugh among the audience, and a dead silence ensued. TITANIA. SPIDER QUESTIONS. Give an account of the genus Dianthus or Pink. Mention the greatest Benedictine... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1892 - 446 pages
...man such as me thinks my life, or the life of six of my degree, is worth that of Vich Ian Vohr, it 's like enough they may be very right ; but if they laugh...Hielandman, nor the honour of a gentleman." There was no farther inclination to laugh among the audience, and a dead silence ensued. The judge then pronounced... | |
 | ANDREW LANG - 1892 - 454 pages
...like enough they may be very right; but if they laugh because they think I would not keep my word aud come back to redeem him, I can tell them they ken...Hielandman, nor the honour of a gentleman." There was no farther inclination to laugh among the audience, and a dead silence ensued. The judge then pronounced... | |
 | Hugh Walker - 1893 - 274 pages
...the Highlands and bring six of the best of the clan to suffer in his stead. A brutal laugh arises in court at the extraordinary nature of the proposal....heart of a Hielandman nor the honour of a gentleman.' " Scott's female characters are unquestionably less excellent than the male characters of his novels.... | |
 | Hugh Walker - 1893 - 272 pages
...the Highlands and bring six of the best of the clan to suffer in his stead. A brutal laugh arises in court at the extraordinary nature of the proposal....heart of a Hielandman nor the honour of a gentleman.' " Scott's female characters are unquestionably less excellent than the male characters of his novels.... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1905 - 700 pages
...the midst of a story true to life. " If," said Evan Maccombich, " the Saxon gentlemen are laughing because a poor man such as me thinks my life, or the...heart of a Hielandman nor the honour of a gentleman." That is sublime. And, again, when Balfour of Burlcy slaughters Bothwell, the death scene is sublime.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1897 - 402 pages
...hang, and you may begin wi' me the very first man." Notwithstanding the solemnity of the occasion, a sort of laugh was heard in the court at the extraordinary...Hielandman, nor the honour of a gentleman." There was no farther inclination to laugh among the audience, and a dead silence ensued. The Judge then pronounced... | |
 | Lady Randolph Spencer Churchill - 1899 - 312 pages
...which the judge checked, and Evan, looking sternly around, said : ' If the Saxon gentlemen are laughing because a poor man, such as me, thinks my life, or...heart of a Hielandman, nor the honour of a gentleman.' The judge then passed sentence on both prisoners, but offered to recommend Evan to mercy if he could... | |
 | Brooks Adams - 1900 - 252 pages
...it's like enough they may be very right; but if they laugh because they think I would not keep ray word, and come back to redeem him, I can tell them...heart of a Hielandman, nor the honour of a gentleman.' " The judge then passed sentence on both prisoners, but offered to recommend Evan to mercy if he could... | |
 | Anthony Trollope - 1901 - 228 pages
...life of six of my degree, is worth that of Vich Ian Vohr, it's like enough they may be very right; bul if they laugh because they think I would not keep...heart of a Hielandman nor the honour of a gentleman." That is sublime. And, again, when Balfour of Burley slaughters Bothwell, the death scene is sublime.... | |
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Saxon gentlemen are laughing," he said, "because a poor man, such as me, thinks my life, or the life of six of my degree, is worth that of Vich Ian Vohr, it's like enough they may be very right ; but if they laugh because they think I would not keep my... 
