 Willy, that was stable-boy at my lord's, was standing by himself, in an open ring made round him in the crowd ; every one compassionating the dejected laddie, for he was a fine youth, and of an orderly spirit. As his sister came towards the foot of the...  The Provost - 第 68 頁John Galt 著 - 1822 - 355 頁完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | John Galt - 1842 - 410 頁
...at the tolbooth stairhead, a universal sob rose from all the multitude, and the sternest e'e couldna refrain from shedding a tear. We marched slowly down...we proceeded to ascend the scaffold. Willy, who had hy this time dried his eyes, went up with us, and when Mr Pittle had said the prayer, and sung the... | |
 | 1896 - 926 頁
...wail of sorrow that melted every heart, and made us all stop in the middle of our solemnity. Jeannie looked at him (for her hands were tied), and a silent...more than a minute all was quiet, and we proceeded to asceud the scaffold. Willy, who had by this time dried his eyes, went up with us, and when Mr. Pittle... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 756 頁
...was in terror that the obligation might have fallen on me. A scaffold was erected at the Tron just under the Tolbooth windows, by Thomas Gimblet, the...psalm, in which the whole multitude joined, as it were with the contrition of sorrow, the hangman stepped forward to put on the fatal cap, but Willy took... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 758 頁
...Jeanie looked at him (for her hands were tied), and a silent tear was seen to drop from her check. But in the course of little more than a minute, all...psalm, in which the whole multitude joined, as it were with the contrition of sorrow, the hangman stepped forward to put on the fatal cap, but Willy took... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 754 頁
...Jeanie looked at him (for her hands were tied), and a silent tear was seen to drop from her check. But in the course of little more than a minute, all was quiet, and we proceeded to ascend tins scaffold. Willy, who had by this time dried his eyes, went up with us, and when Mr. Pittle had... | |
 | John Galt - 1896 - 344 頁
...spirit. As his sister came towards the foot of the ladder, he ran towards her, and embraced her VOL. i. D with a wail of sorrow that melted every heart, and...psalm, in which the whole multitude joined, as it were with the contrition of sorrow, the hangman stepped forward to put on the fatal cap, but Willy took... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1903 - 888 頁
...ran towards her, and embraced her with a wail of sorrow that melted every heart, and made us all slop as the herald of its coming, bear The ghost of her dead mother, whose dim form with the contrition of sorrow, the hangman stepped forward to put on the fatal cap, but Willy took... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1904 - 884 頁
...ring made round him in the crowd ; every one compassionating the dejected laddie, for he was a line youth, and of an orderly spirit. As his sister came...psalm, in which the whole multitude joined, as it were with the contrition of sorrow, the hangman stepped forward to put on the fatal cap, but Willy took... | |
 | 1896 - 926 頁
...wail of sorrow that melted every heart, and made us all stop in the middle of our solemnity. Jeannie looked at him (for her hands were tied), and a silent...psalm, in which the whole multitude joined, as it were with the contrition of sorrow, the hangman stepped forward to put on the fatal cap, but Willy took... | |
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