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He called to Banks for a cogue of Nantsey, and swore amazingly at what he was pleased to term the inscrutability of woman, offering up consolation by the wholesale. The incident, he said, but strengthened his conviction that Mr. Manners had appealed to Dorothy to save him. "And then," added his Lordship, facing me with absolute fierceness, "and then, Richard, why the devil did she weep?
What! and have you fallen out with my lady?" I confessed the whole matter to him. He was not to be resisted. He called to Banks for a cogue of Nantsey, and swore amazingly at what he was pleased to term the inscrutability of woman, offering up consolation by the wholesale. The incident, he said, but strengthened his conviction that Mr. Manners had appealed to Dorothy to save him.
He called to Banks for a cogue of Nantsey, and swore amazingly at what he was pleased to term the inscrutability of woman, offering up consolation by the wholesale. The incident, he said, but strengthened his conviction that Mr. Manners had appealed to Dorothy to save him. "And then," added his Lordship, facing me with absolute fierceness, "and then, Richard, why the devil did she weep?
CATERAN, a Highland irregular soldier, a freebooter. CHAP, a customer. CLACHAN, a hamlet. CLAW FAVOUR, curry favour. CLAYMORE, a broad sword. CLEEK, a hook. CLEIK the cunzie, steal the silver. COB, beat. COBLE, a small fishing boat. COGS, wooden vessels. COGUE, a round wooden vessel. CONCUSSED, violently shaken, disturbed, forced. CORONACH, a dirge. CORRIE, a mountain hollow. COVE, a cave.
Ony. gait I 'm sartin it's fair play ye want; an' I canna for the life o' me see a hair o' wrang i' yer lordship's gaein' in a cogue, as auld Tammy Dyster ca's 't; for, at the warst, ye cud only interdick them, an' that ye cud du a' the same, whether ye gaed or no.
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