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Without making any direct answer, therefore, to Peter Peebles, he walked up gravely to Fairford, who had waited quietly for the termination of a scene in which he was not a little surprised to find his client, Mr. Peebles, a conspicuous actor. 'Mr.
Among those whose names I remember were Colonel Pallin, acting Brigadier; Captain Girdwood, Brigade Major; Captain Law, Staff Captain; Colonel Peebles, 7th Royal Scots; Captain Sinclair, 4th Royal Scots; Lieutenant McClay, 8th Scottish Rifles. The last Officer was one of the very few I am not sure they did not say the only one of his Battalion who went into the assault and returned untouched.
He was at the same time informed, that any reasonable expence which he might incur in acquiring this instruction would be reimbursed to him by Government. They immediately left London together, and arrived early in March at Peebles; where Park continued to reside together with his African instructor, till about the middle of May.
Carruthers was in yesterday afternoon, and she said the Peebles were looking up the numbers on the doors to find the Wylies. They got puzzled because the numbers go up one side of the street and down the other, and they haven't but just been put on. And it seems that up in the city they have them go across.
But come awa hame to your puir father, and I'll take care of you the haill gate, and keep you company, and deil a word we will speak about, but just the state of the conjoined processes of the great cause of Poor Peter Peebles against Plainstanes.
The unique autobiographic interest so fresh and keen and personal, and yet so free from the odious intrusion of actual personality of the earlier epistolary presentment of Saunders and Alan Fairford, of Darsie and Green Mantle; Peter Peebles, peer of Scott's best; Alan's journey and Darsie's own wanderings; the scenes at the Provost's dinner-table and in Tam Turnpenny's den; that unique figure, the skipper of the Jumping Jenny; the extraordinarily effective presentment of Prince Charles, already in his decadence, if not yet in his dotage; the profusion of smaller sketches and vignettes everywhere grouped round the mighty central triumph of the adventures of Piper Steenie, who but Scott has done such things?
Henry, Austin, and Sam went to the still, where they found and killed the overseer, Peebles, Austin shooting him. Then all went to the house. The family saw them coming and shut the door to no avail, however, as Will with one stroke of his ax opened it and entered to find Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Newsome in the middle of the room almost frightened to death. Will killed Mrs.
'My name is Peter Peebles, then, said the litigant, rather sulkily, as one who thought his liquor too sparingly meted out to him; 'and what have you to say to that? 'Peter Peebles? repeated Nanty Ewart and seemed to muse upon something which the words brought to his remembrance, while the Quaker pursued his examination. 'But I prithee, Peter Peebles, what is thy further designation?
'As Peter Peebles of the great plea of Poor Peter Peebles against Plainstanes, ET PER CONTRA if I am laird of naething else, I am ay a DOMINUS LITIS. 'It's but a poor lairdship, I doubt, said Joshua. 'Pray, Mr. Peebles, said Nanty, interrupting the conversation abruptly, 'were not you once a burgess of Edinburgh? 'WAS I a burgess! said Peter indignantly, 'and AM I not a burgess even now?
Oliphant , and many others. Poet, practised medicine at Shaftesbury. On the outbreak of the Civil War he joined the Royalists and fought at the second battle of Newbury. He wrote a play, Loves Victory , and an epic Pharonnida . With occasional beauties he is, in the main, heavy and stiff, and is almost forgotten. He influenced Keats. Historical and scientific writer, was b. at Peebles.
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