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Page 52 - Damn her, the old witch, she has lived too long ; let her burn.' Fire was immediately set to the house, and the blankets in which she was carried were in flames before she could be got out. She was placed in a little shed, and it was with great difficulty they were prevented from firing that also.
Page 92 - ... and dearest viands sea or land could afford : and all this once seen, and having feasted the eyes of the invited, was in a manner thrown away, and fresh set on the same height, having only this advantage of the other, that it was hot.
Page 4 - ... persons, who like to sit still, and think, or admire. So that when we get to the bottom of the matter, we find the inhabitants of this earth broadly divided into two great masses; — the peasant paymasters — spade in hand, original and imperial producers of turnips...
Page 20 - I have no great kindness to Kippoch nor Glenco, and it is well that people are in mercy, and then just now my Lord Argyle tells me, that Glenco hath not taken the oath, at which I rejoice. It is a great work of charity to be exact in rooting out that damnable sect, the worst of the Highlands.
Page 91 - MEN of England, wherefore plough For the lords who lay ye low? Wherefore weave with toil and care The rich robes your tyrants wear ? Wherefore feed, and clothe, and save, From the cradle to the grave, Those ungrateful drones who would Drain your sweat — nay, drink your blood?
Page 52 - Many deaths ensued from alarm, from fatigue, and cold; the people being instantly deprived of shelter, and left to the mercy of the elements. Some old men took to the woods and...
Page 52 - Badinloskin, in which was lying his wife's mother, an old bed-ridden woman of nearly 100 years of age, none of the family being present. I informed the persons about to set fire to the house of this circumstance, and prevailed on them to wait until Mr Sellarcame.
Page 6 - Douglas, who was blind, bid them set him by one of the party, and he would make sure of one. So he was set next the earl of Dumfries...