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I have seen too much there ever to thole the sight of those chambers, far less of the High Street of Edinburgh; but Stirling, bonnie Stirling, ay, I would fain ride a hawking there once more. Methinks a Highland breeze would put life and youth into me again. There's a little chamber opening into mine, where I will bestow thee, my Lady Bride of Scotland, for so long as I may keep thee.
As she stroked the wavy gray hair of the head on her knee, her tone changed. "I canna thole to think 'at son o' mine has brocht a' this trouble upon ye." "Not a word against him, mother! He's the best man that ever lived, and I didn't appreciate him, that's all. I can never think of him but as my dear, old, solid, yours-to-count-on Dave Gemmell.
How could I wrong Sophy to right myself?" "But the whip lash! the whip lash! Andrew. You cannot thole the like of that!" "There was One tholed for me the lash and the buffet, and answer'd never a word. I can thole the lash for Sophy's sake. A poor love I would have for Sophy, if I put my own pride before her good name. If I get help 'from beyond, I can thole the lash, Christina."
But what comes thou here for to torment an auld body like me, wi' greeting and groaning at my time o' life? Gae awa, gae awa I canna thole the very thochts o' the story whilk thou ettles to ken." "Thou ken's the auld ruin, bairn, the auld wa's out by there.
For me to tell him would be to put him in the humour for staying dour fool that he is out of pure bravado and defiance. To tell the truth, I would bide myself in such a case. 'Thole feud' is my motto. My granddad writ it on his sword-blade in clear round print letters I've often marvelled at the skill of.
"We had a little too much drink, or these MacLachlan gentlemen and I had never come to variance." The Marquis gloomed at the speaker and brought down his fist with a bang on the table before him. "Damn those silver-mines!" said he; "they breed more trouble in this town of mine than I'm willing to thole.
"But the berry cannot be divided. How would Miss Pennycuick please you, mother?" "Gavin!" cried Margaret, in consternation, "you don't mean to But you are laughing at me again." "Then there is the banker's daughter?" "I can't thole her." "Why, I question if you ever set eyes on her, mother."
It troubles me, Coll." And Coll answered as he always did answer "It is thy superiority, Rahal. Is there any woman we know, who would presume to give thee advice or counsel? And it is well understood by all of them that thou cannot thole an obligation.
I did not dare to look at the dead body which lay near me, and was praying that no one else might be hit, when I heard a sharp tap, and old Thole, who was standing with his musket at his shoulder by my side, fell to the deck.
"Ma'am," said John to me one day, after returning from C with the team, "it would be betther for me to lave the masther intirely; for shure if I do not, some mischief will befall me or the crathers. That wicked owld wretch! I cannot thole her curses. Shure it's in purgatory I am all the while." "Nonsense, Monaghan! you are not a Catholic, and need not fear purgatory.
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