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A few weeks before this matter of the tenants he had received an urgent despatch from Edinburgh, signed by "his affectionate friends and servants" of the Council, authorising him to take what steps he thought best for disposing the troops. Argyle was on the sea, and the Campbells were mustering fast to their chief's call. Measures had already been taken in the northern shires.
'When and how did you hear the intelligence of my confinement? asked Waverley. 'The Prince himself told me, said Fergus, 'and inquired very minutely into your history. He then mentioned your being at that moment in the power of one of our northern parties you know I could not ask him to explain particulars and requested my opinion about disposing of you.
There were two ways which suggested themselves of disposing of him: he might inform the marquis of his proceedings, who would, without the slightest scruple, probably get him assassinated; but the bravo's dagger was not always sure, and if the marquis knew that he was dead he might be tempted to assume more independence than would be convenient. He had another plan, which could not possibly fail.
He wound up with a chuckle, as the thought struck him that this great piece of business, of disposing of their only child, had been concluded while his wife was away. 'A'm noan so sure as t' missus 'll like it, said he; 'tho' whativer she'll ha' to say again it, mischief only knows. But she's noan keen on matterimony; though a have made her as good a man as there is in a' t' Ridings.
But in the scheme of Edwards, the agency of God bears a more intimate relation to the origin and existence of sin than is implied by a bare permission of it. “God,” says he, disposes “the state of events in such a manner, for wise, holy, and most excellent ends and purposes, that sin, if it be permitted or not hindered, will most certainly and infallibly follow.” And this occurrence of sin, in consequence of his disposing and ordering events, enters into his design.
It contains a couple of very voluminous papers, almost as large as the broad page of The Times, one of which adverts mysteriously to some appalling calamity, which has resulted in a 'most DISASTROUS FAILURE, productive of the most intense excitement in the commercial world. We learn further on, that from various conflicting circumstances, which the writer does not condescend to explain, above L.150,000 worth of property has come into the hands of Messrs Grabble and Grab, of Smash Place, 'which they are resolute in summarily disposing of on principles commensurate with the honourable position they hold in the metropolis. Then follows a list of tempting bargains, completely filling both the broad sheets.
He turned to Auchinbreac and said 'Shall I take the command, or ? leaving an alternative for his relative to guess at Auchinbreac, a stout soldier but a vicious, snapped him very short 'Leave it to me, leave it to me, he answered, and busied himself again in disposing his troops, upon whom I was well aware he had no great reliance.
Upon receiving this information, I instantly sallied forth to the market-place, and that same night succeeded in disposing of upwards of thirty Testaments.
There was a heavy rush, such as a bear always makes when alarmed; Koskomenos swept back to his perch; and I sought the shore, half inclined to make my next hunting more even-chanced by disposing of one meddlesome factor. "You wretched, noisy, clattering meddler!"
"Her evidence is highly important, disposing as it does of the mystery of the locked door." "Yes," Major Freeman agreed, "and also of the suicide theory. The question now is who was the person who was seen descending from the window?" "Could this girl tell whether it was a man or a woman?" The question came from Henshaw, who had hitherto kept silent.
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