 | 1804 - 574 pages
...when a shepherd called his dog, by the name of Batty, and when a female domestic called upon Maudgc, the cat. These, he concluded, were invocations of...the dungeon of a sorcerer. At length, after three month*-.... had elapsed, the law-suit was decided in favour of lord Traquair ; and Will was directed... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 504 pages
...never hearing the sound of a human voice, save when a shepherd called his dog, by the name of Batly, and when a female domestic called upon Maudge, the...invocations of spirits ; for he held himself to be in the dun. geon of a sorcerer. At length, after three months had elapsed, the law-suit was decided in favour... | |
 | English periodicals - 1832 - 526 pages
...when a shepherd called his dog by the name of Battle, and when a female domestic called uponMaudge the cat. These he concluded were invocations of spirits,...length, after three months had elapsed, the lawsuit iias decided in favour of Lord Traquair, and Will was directed to set the president at liberty. Accordingly,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 pages
...Batty, and when a female domestic called upon Maudgc, the cat. These, heconcluded, wereinvocationsof spirits; for he held himself to be in the dungeon of a sorcerer. At length, after three months haa elapsed, the lawsuit was decided in favour of Lord Traquair ; and Will was directed to set the... | |
 | 1854 - 414 pages
...never hearing the sound of a human voice, save when a shepherd called his dog by the name of BaUij, and when a female domestic called upon Maudge, the...were invocations of spirits, for he held himself to bo in tho dungeon of a sorcerer. At length, after three months had elapsed, the lawsuit was decided... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1858 - 574 pages
...when a shepherd called his dog by the name of Batty, and when a female domestic called upon Madge, the cat. These, he concluded, were invocations of...held himself to be in the dungeon of a sorcerer.' 2 How Mr Gibson was liberated, we do not learn. During his absence, his wife and children mourned him... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - Ballads, Scots - 1875 - 620 pages
...doineitic called upon Afaudgr, the c;it. These, he concluded, »ere invocations of ipirit* . for h« held himself to be in the dungeon of a sorcerer. At length, after three month» had vlupwd, the lawsuit was decided in favour of lord Truquair; and Will wu» directed to pet... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1885 - 426 pages
...when a shepherd called his dog by the name of Batty, and when a female domestic called upon Madge, the cat. These, he concluded, were invocations of...held himself to be in the dungeon of a sorcerer.' ' How Mr Gibson was liberated, we do not learn. During his absence, his wife and children mourned him... | |
 | Robert Borland - Border reivers - 1898 - 336 pages
...castle. His food was handed to him through an aperture in the wall, and never hearing the sound of human voice, save when a shepherd called his dog,...he held himself to be in the dungeon of a sorcerer. The law suit having been decided in favour of Lord Traquair, Christie's Will was directed to set the... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1900 - 604 pages
...thrown his rider into the sea ; his friends went into mourning, and a successor was appointed to his office. Meanwhile, the poor president spent a heavy...three months had elapsed, the lawsuit was decided in favor of Lord Traquair ; and Will was directed to set the president at liberty. Accordingly, he entered... | |
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Meanwhile, the poor president spent a heavy time in the vault of the castle. He was imprisoned, and solitary ; receiving his food through an aperture in the wall, and never hearing the sound of a human voice, save when a shepherd called his dog, by the... 
