 ... of her husband, who was now absent with Wallace. The rest of the peasantry withdrew to their coverts, while she and some other women whose anxieties would not allow them to sleep, sat at the cavern's mouth watching the slowly moving hours. The objects...  The Scottish chiefs. Revised - Page 29by Jane Porter - 1862Full view - About this book
 | Jane Porter - Scotland - 1827 - 282 pages
...fervent prayers, Wai lace and his little army, were rapidly pursuing their march. It was midnight—all was silent as they hurried through the glen. and ascended with flying foot.-teps the steep acclivities which intersected the way that led to the cliffs that overhung the... | |
 | Jane Porter - 1869 - 712 pages
...whose anxieties would not allow them to sleep, sat at the cavern's mouth, watching the •lowly moving hours. The objects of their fond and fervent prayers, Wallace and his litllearmy, were rapidly pursuing their march. It was midnight — all was silent as they hurried through... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Anthologies - 1893 - 516 pages
...whose anxieties would not allow them to sleep, sat at the cavern's mouth watching the sjowly moving hours. The objects of their fond and fervent prayers,...— all was silent as they hurried through the glen, as they ascended with flying footsteps the steep acclivities that led to the cliffs which overhung... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 558 pages
...whose anxieties would not allow them to sleep, sat at the cavern's mouth watching the slowly moving hours. The objects of their fond and fervent prayers,...little army, were rapidly pursuing their march. It was midnight—all was silent as they hurried through the glen, as they ascended with flying footsteps... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...whose anxieties would not allow them to sleep, sat at the cavern's mouth watching the slowly moving hours. The objects of their fond and fervent prayers,...— all was silent as they hurried through the glen, as they ascended with flying footsteps the steep acclivities that led to the cliffs which overhung... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 432 pages
...whose anxieties would not allow them to sleep, sat at the cavern's mouth watching the slowly moving hours. The objects of their fond and fervent prayers,...— all was silent as they hurried through the glen, as they ascended with flying footsteps the steep acclivities that led to the cliffs which overhung... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 450 pages
...whose anxieties would not allow them to sleep, sat at the cavern's mouth watching the slowly moving hours. The objects of their fond and fervent prayers,...— all was silent as they hurried through the glen, as they ascended with flying footsteps the steep acclivities that led to the cliffs which overhung... | |
 | Richard Garnett - Literature - 1899 - 582 pages
...whose anxieties would not allow them to sleep, sat at the cavern's mouth watching the slowly moving hours. The objects of their fond and fervent prayers,...— all was silent as they hurried through the glen, as they ascended with flying footsteps the steep acclivities that led to the cliffs which overhung... | |
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