Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 9-10W. Scott, 1888 |
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... Scotland ; and those who aimed at sublimer flights , might have had recourse to " Fyn Maccowl , " or Gret Gow Mac- morne ; " but there was in none of the works as yet circulated in Scotland , what might gratify the intense yearnings of ...
... Scotland ; and those who aimed at sublimer flights , might have had recourse to " Fyn Maccowl , " or Gret Gow Mac- morne ; " but there was in none of the works as yet circulated in Scotland , what might gratify the intense yearnings of ...
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... if ye please , sir ? What pairt o ' Scotland was ye วน . ? " he added . The question appeared to place Jones in a difficulty for a moment ; but he at length answered- " Why , laird , I have been in many 130 TALES OF THE BORDERS .
... if ye please , sir ? What pairt o ' Scotland was ye วน . ? " he added . The question appeared to place Jones in a difficulty for a moment ; but he at length answered- " Why , laird , I have been in many 130 TALES OF THE BORDERS .
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... Scotland that perfect liberty of which she had so long boasted , and which , though it had never been taken from her ... Scotland would even at this period have triumphed , had the sceptre of England not fallen so opportunely into the ...
... Scotland that perfect liberty of which she had so long boasted , and which , though it had never been taken from her ... Scotland would even at this period have triumphed , had the sceptre of England not fallen so opportunely into the ...
Contents
John Mackay Wilson | 1 |
THE LEGEND OF FAIR HELEN OF KIRCONNEL | 23 |
THE ROMANCE OF THE SIEGE OF PERTH Alexander Leighton | 34 |
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