Category: Historical Novels
There was a king, and a courteous king, And he had a daughter sae bonnie; And he lo'ed that maiden aboon a' thing I' the bonnie, bonnie halls o' Binnorie.
_Lord Duffus._--I saw the appearance of a mounted warrior. Whence did it come, or whither did it go? Or whom did it seek here? Hush thee, my lord; The apparition spoke not, but...
11. CHAPTER XI.We must pass over a great part of the conversation that evening, in order to get forward to the more momentous part of the history of our embassy. Suffice it to say, that the po...
7. CHAPTER VII.Saw never man so faynt a levand wycht, And na ferlye, for ouir excelland lycht Corruptis the witt, and garris the blude awail, Until the harte, thocht it na dainger aill, Quhen...
4. CHAPTER IV.And O that pegis weste is slymme, And his ee wald garr the daye luke dymme; His broue is brente, his brestis fayre, And the deemonde lurkis in hys revan hayre. Alake for thilke...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Qnhat weywerde elfin thynge is thaten boie, That hyngethe still upon myne gaire, as doeth My synne of harte? And quhome rychte loth; I lofe With not les hauckerynge. His locent...
10. CHAPTER X.What a brave group we have! That fellow there, He with the cushion, would outprate the cricket; The babble of the brook is not more constant, Or syllabled with such monotony, Th...
5. CHAPTER V.It is by this time needless to inform my readers, that these two young adventurers were no other than the rival beauties of the two nations, for whose charms all this bloody coi...
9. CHAPTER IX.His doublet was sae trim and neat, Wi' reid goud to the chin, Ye wad hae sworn, had ye been there, That a maiden stood within. The tears they trickled to his chin, And fell down...
1. CHAPTER I.There was a king, and a courteous king, And he had a daughter sae bonnie; And he lo'ed that maiden aboon a' thing I' the bonnie, bonnie halls o' Binnorie.
6. CHAPTER VI.Some write of preclair conquerouris, And some of vallyeant emperouris, And some of nobill mychtie kingis, That royally did reull the ringis; And some of squyris douchty deidis,...
2. CHAPTER II.This man's the devil's fellow commoner, A verie cloake-bag of iniquitie. His butteries and his craboun he deschargeth Flasche, not by airt or reule. Is it meet A Ploydenist shou...
3. CHAPTER III."Come, come, my hearts of flint; modestly; decently; soberly; and handsomely.--No man afore his leader.--Ding down the enemy to-morrow,--ye shall not come into the field like be...