 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...  The Quarterly review - Page 3761814Full view - About this book
 | Sir Walter Scott - Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 - 1814 - 390 pages
...sternly around, when the murmur abated, " If the Saxon gentlemen are laughing," he said, " because a poor man, such as me, thinks my life, or the life...very right ; but if they laugh because they think 1 would not keep my word, and come back to redeem him, I can tell them they ken neither the heart of... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 - 1814 - 388 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...redeem him, I can tell them they ken neither the heart ef a Hielandman, nor the honour of a gentleman." There was no farther inclination to laugh among the... | |
 | 1814 - 548 pages
...man, such as me, thinks my life, or the life of six of my degree, is worth that of Vich Ian Volir, its like enough they may be very right ; but if they laugh because they think 1 would not keep my word, and come hack to redeem him, I can tell them they ken neither the heart of... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 260 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...him, I can tell them they ken neither the heart of a'Hielandman, nor the honour of a gentleman." There was no farther inclination to laugh among the audience,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1831 - 780 pages
...such as me, thinks my life, or the life of six of my degree, is worth that of Vich Ian \ ohr. it's like enough they may be very right; but if they laugh...him, I can tell them they ken neither the heart of a Hielaiuhuan, nor the honour of a gentleman. » There was no farther inclination to laugh among (lie... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 880 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 further inclination to laugh among the audience, and a dead silence ensued. The Judge then pronounced... | |
 | 1835 - 102 pages
...man, such as me, thinks my life, or the life of six of my degree, is worth that of Vich Jan Vohr, it's like enough they may be very right : but if they laugh...heart of a Hielandman nor the honour of a gentleman." The self-devotion of a Cm tins or a Regulus might have a higher object, but it could not betray greater... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 710 pages
...they may be verv right ; but if they laugh because thej think I would not keep my word, and come bark to redeem him, I can tell them they ken neither the...Hielandman, nor the honour of a gentleman." There was no further inclination to laugh among the audience, and a dead silence ensued. The Judge then pronounced... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 436 pages
...may be very right ; but if they lauirh because they think I would not keep my word, and come b;ick to redeem him, I can tell them they ken neither the heart ol a Hielandman, nor the honour of a gentleman." There was no farther inclination to laugh among the... | |
 | Walter Scott - Historical fiction, Scottish - 1842 - 716 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 further inclination to laugh among the audience, and a dead silence ensued. The Judge then pronounced... | |
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