item: #1 of 11 id: 2370 author: MacDonald, George title: Sir Gibbie date: None words: 192294 flesch: 77 summary: The books they bought were carried to Donal's room, there to be considered by Gibbie Donal's, and by Donal Gibbie's. Ye little ken Gibbie, he said gien ye think that gait o' 'im! keywords: angus; bed; body; book; boy; burn; care; chapter; child; city; cold; come; cottage; croale; day; donal; door; end; eyes; face; far; father; feet; fergus; find; fire; galbraith; gang; george; gibbie; gien; gilbert; ginevra; glashgar; glashruach; god; good; hae; half; hand; head; heart; help; home; house; human; idea; ill; janet; jean; jist; ken; lady; laird; lay; left; length; life; little; look; lord; love; making; man; master; mind; minister; miss; mistress; moment; morning; mother; mountain; mrs; nature; new; nicie; night; open; people; place; poor; presence; read; robert; room; rose; round; sae; sclater; set; sir gibbie; smile; soon; soul; street; sun; table; tell; thing; thought; time; time gibbie; upo; wad; water; way; weel; whan; white; wife; wind; window; woman; word; work; yer cache: 2370.txt plain text: 2370.txt item: #2 of 11 id: 30554 author: Skae, Hilda T. title: The Adventure League date: None words: 45624 flesch: 86 summary: 'Tell him he must go, Mr. Allan and Miss Marjorie,' said Duncan, 'and he must not be long, ta captain cannot be waiting or he will miss the tide. 'Proud to hear you say so, Mr. Allan;' broke out the Highlander; 'and hev you ahl made a compact, the young ladies too?' 'Yes,' replied Tricksy, dimpling; 'we are all in it; Marjorie and I, and even Laddie.--Down, Laddie; don't jump up on me,' as the collie, who had been sitting with an amiable expression in the centre of the group, sprang up and put one paw on her knee. keywords: allan; boat; boys; day; eyes; face; father; gerald; good; hamish; harry; island; iss; laddie; look; marjorie; mother; mrs; neil; people; reggie; right; round; stewart; time; tricksy; way cache: 30554.txt plain text: 30554.txt item: #3 of 11 id: 58913 author: Lauder, Thomas Dick, Sir title: Legendary Tales of the Highlands (Volume 1 of 3) A sequel to Highland Rambles date: None words: 56897 flesch: 74 summary: Sure I am that I shall never forget the name of Sir Patrick Stewart, said the little man, whilst he was following them along the narrow path, as they retraced it towards the place where they had left the Lady Catherine; and if ever I can do thee a good turn I shall do it, though it were by the sacrifice of my life. On them, my brave Dugald! cried Sir Patrick Stewart, drawing his sword, and rushing towards the enemy. keywords: allan; archy; arthur; aye; brother; catherine; clan; curgarf; day; dugald; eyes; father; forbes; gentlemen; good; hand; hath; head; hill; house; lady; life; lord; man; michael; moment; mother; murdoch; nay; night; patrick; patrick stewart; people; place; priest; serjeant; sir; sir allan; sir patrick; sir walter; son; stewart; stone; thee; thou; time; walter; way cache: 58913.txt plain text: 58913.txt item: #4 of 11 id: 58931 author: Lauder, Thomas Dick, Sir title: Legendary Tales of the Highlands (Volume 2 of 3) A sequel to Highland Rambles date: None words: 54701 flesch: 72 summary: Is Sir Walter Stewart to be held as an enemy before his own Castle of Drummin? We know naught of Sir Walter, shouted the other. Some eight or nine long years passed away, during which Sir Walter Stewart of Drummin was liberal in providing richly for the wants of the mother, as well as for the education of her son, though he strictly avoided seeing either of them. keywords: alice; boy; captain; castle; charley; charley stewart; cochran; court; day; duke; earl; ere; eyes; friend; hand; hath; head; heart; huntly; king; knight; lady; left; life; macdermot; majesty; man; moment; mother; nay; place; rosa; royal; sir walter; thee; thine; thou; time; walter stewart; way; wine; woman; words cache: 58931.txt plain text: 58931.txt item: #5 of 11 id: 59202 author: Lauder, Thomas Dick, Sir title: Legendary Tales of the Highlands (Volume 3 of 3) A sequel to Highland Rambles date: None words: 60217 flesch: 73 summary: But we must now return to poor John Smith, whom we have too long left for dead in the bottom of a peat-hag. Then people all this with the farmer himself, a stout, hale, healthy-looking man, going bustling about from door to door among his folk, his muck-carts, and his horses, with a hodden-grey coat upon his back, a broad blue bonnet on his head, a hazle staff in his hand, and a colley and one or two rough terriers and greyhounds at his heels, shouting every now and then in Gaelic to his man, John Smith, a tall, handsome, strong-built Highlander, whilst the gudeman's wife, a very good-looking, round-formed, trigly-dressed Englishwoman, is seen appearing and disappearing from under the wooden porch, over which some attempts have been made to trail a plant or two of rose and honeysuckle, but which attempts have been rendered abortive by the epicurean taste of the browsing animals of the farm--her south country tongue sounding quick and sharp in the ears of Morag, or Mary, a clever, well-made, bare-footed, and short-gowned Highland lass, with pleasing countenance, largish cheek bones, black snooded hair, sparkling eyes, arched eyebrows, and rosy cheeks, busied in washing out her milk cogues, with her coats kilted up to her knees. keywords: bed; blood; campbell; captain; colonel; dallas; day; death; donald; door; duke; earl; eyes; fellow; good; half; hand; head; heart; highlanders; house; inchrory; inverawe; john; john smith; lady; lay; life; lord; m'taggart; man; men; mercy; mind; moment; morag; night; pensassenach; place; present; prince; smith; stranger; tat; thought; time; voice; water; way; woman; young cache: 59202.txt plain text: 59202.txt item: #6 of 11 id: 5966 author: MacDonald, George title: What's Mine's Mine — Volume 1 date: None words: 51279 flesch: 83 summary: Few have learned that one is of no value except to God and other men. Except by that same half-door, indeed, little light could enter the place, for its one window was filled with all sorts of little things for sale. keywords: alister; brother; chief; christina; eyes; family; father; fellow; girls; god; good; heart; hill; home; house; ian; ladies; land; left; life; look; love; macruadh; man; men; mercy; moment; mother; new; night; people; thing; thought; time; way; woman; world cache: 5966.txt plain text: 5966.txt item: #7 of 11 id: 5967 author: MacDonald, George title: What's Mine's Mine — Volume 2 date: None words: 51915 flesch: 86 summary: So much in solitude with his dumb father, his speech might well be unlike the speech of other men; but whence the impression of cultivation it produced? I thought better of all highlanders; they have the reputation of good men at the bottle! keywords: alister; angels; chief; christina; day; eyes; face; father; god; good; head; heart; house; ian; life; love; man; mean; men; mercy; moment; mother; nature; night; people; rob; sercombe; soul; things; thought; time; way; woman; world cache: 5967.txt plain text: 5967.txt item: #8 of 11 id: 5968 author: MacDonald, George title: What's Mine's Mine — Volume 3 date: None words: 49988 flesch: 86 summary: They had a look of old men, an aspect weirdly venerable, as of life and labour prolonged after due time, as of creatures kept from the grave and their last sleep to work a little longer. It was approaching noon, and some of the old women were getting the food out of my lady's baskets, when over the nearest ridge beyond rose men to the number of seven, carrying guns. keywords: alister; chief; christina; daughter; door; eyes; father; god; good; great; heart; house; ian; land; love; macruadh; man; men; mercy; moment; money; mother; new; palmer; people; right; thing; thought; time; way; woman; world cache: 5968.txt plain text: 5968.txt item: #9 of 11 id: 5969 author: MacDonald, George title: What's Mine's Mine — Complete date: None words: 153156 flesch: 85 summary: I thought better of all highlanders; they have the reputation of good men at the bottle! Few have learned that one is of no value except to God and other men. keywords: alister; brother; care; chief; christina; clan; cold; cottage; country; day; door; earth; eyes; face; family; father; feel; fellow; find; girls; god; going; good; great; hand; having; head; heart; help; hill; home; house; ian; land; left; life; look; love; macruadh; man; mean; men; mercy; mind; moment; money; mother; nature; new; night; palmer; people; place; rob; room; sercombe; set; son; soul; thing; thought; time; truth; want; way; woman; world cache: 5969.txt plain text: 5969.txt item: #10 of 11 id: 6364 author: MacDonald, George title: Warlock o' Glenwarlock: A Homely Romance date: None words: 184160 flesch: 84 summary: she said, offended at his silence; Ye'll hae to learn manners afore ye're laird o' Glenwarlock, young Cosmo! The moment young Cosmo saw whose shadow darkened the doorway, he rose in haste, and standing with his hand upon the arm of the chair, waited for his father to seat himself in it. keywords: aboot; aggie; agnes; ain; ane; auld; away; bed; better; body; boy; care; castle; chair; cold; come; cosmo; day; dinna; door; eyes; face; far; father; father o; fire; frae; gang; gien; gien ye; god; good; great; grizzie; hae; half; hand; head; heart; help; home; hoo; hope; house; ill; jist; joan; ken; kitchen; knew; know; lady; laird; laird o; lay; left; life; like; little; look; lord; lordship; love; mair; man; master; maun; mind; moment; money; morning; mother; nae; night; ony; ower; place; room; rose; sae; saw; set; sic; simon; sir; snow; son; soon; sun; tak; tell; thing; thought; til; time; truth; upo; wad; want; warlock; way; weel; whan; wind; woman; work; world; ye hae; ye wad; ye're; years; yer; young cache: 6364.txt plain text: 6364.txt item: #11 of 11 id: 6591 author: Leadem, Christopher title: Highland Ballad date: None words: 64354 flesch: 90 summary: It was not the hand of God that killed him, and many other good men besides. But as the two men returned from the loft, reporting, No sign that anyone's been here but herself, though the upper room is undoubtedly a young lady's, she remembered the dangerous nearness of those she had sworn to protect, and the injuries they had already suffered at the hands of such men. keywords: bed; cold; dark; day; death; door; eyes; face; father; fear; girl; god; hand; heart; know; left; life; look; love; man; mary; men; michael; mind; moment; mother; place; purceville; right; scott; son; stephen; stone; thought; time; way; woman; words cache: 6591.txt plain text: 6591.txt