desperate nor inefficient; and you, faithful creature, shall have no cause to mourn this night's resolution. Go to Lord Mar, and tell him what are my resolves. I have nothing now that binds me to life but my country; and henceforth she shall be to me... The Scottish Chiefs: A Romance - Page 55by Jane Porter - 1842Full view - About this book
| Jane Porter - Scotland - 1827 - 282 pages
...be the future fate of Wallace, and his friends. No, my good Halbert; returned Wallace, I am neither desperate nor inefficient; and you, faithful creature,...but my ^country ; and henceforth she shall be to me a mistress,' wife, and child.—Would you deprive me of this tie, Halbert ? Would you by persuading... | |
| Jane Porter - Scotland - 1883 - 464 pages
...vow! " " No, my good Halbert," returned Wallace, " I am neither desperate nor inefficient; and you, my faithful creature, shall have no cause to mourn this...henceforth she shall be to me as mistress, wife, and child. Would you deprive me of this tie, Halbert ? Would you, by persuading me to resign my interest... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Anthologies - 1893 - 516 pages
...should you fall, retract this desperate vow ! " " No, my good Halbert," returned Wallace, " I am neither desperate nor inefficient ; and you, faithful creature,...Go to Lord Mar, and tell him what are my resolves. 1 have nothing now that binds me to life but my country ; and henceforth she shall be to me as mistress,... | |
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