Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 9-10W. Scott, 1888 |
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... became the occupant of this house among the hills . She lived more luxuriously than the sheep - farmers in the neighbourhood , and her accent was not that of the Borders . She was be- tween forty and fifty years of age , and her stature ...
... became the occupant of this house among the hills . She lived more luxuriously than the sheep - farmers in the neighbourhood , and her accent was not that of the Borders . She was be- tween forty and fifty years of age , and her stature ...
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... became by de- grees less and less reserved in his manner , until at length his natural caution giving way altogether before the increas- ing pressure of the vinous influence , he became as communi- cative as he had before been the ...
... became by de- grees less and less reserved in his manner , until at length his natural caution giving way altogether before the increas- ing pressure of the vinous influence , he became as communi- cative as he had before been the ...
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... became humbled and composed ; and , while I still solemnly assertou my innocence of the murder , I did it with ... became giddy . Everything before me - the crowded court , the judges , jury , and officers - became a confused mass ; a ...
... became humbled and composed ; and , while I still solemnly assertou my innocence of the murder , I did it with ... became giddy . Everything before me - the crowded court , the judges , jury , and officers - became a confused mass ; a ...
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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