Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 9-10W. Scott, 1888 |
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... fortune of Helen of Kirconnel - a fortune which came up on the revolving wheel of the mutable goddess , notwithstanding all the ef- forts of her father to make the course of her life happy , and its termination blessed . Abstracted as ...
... fortune of Helen of Kirconnel - a fortune which came up on the revolving wheel of the mutable goddess , notwithstanding all the ef- forts of her father to make the course of her life happy , and its termination blessed . Abstracted as ...
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... fortune or the evil fortune of its inmates throughout the year ! But to begin with our story . There was not a person on all the Borders , nor yet in all Scotland , who attached more impor- tance to the first - foot than Nelly Rogers ...
... fortune or the evil fortune of its inmates throughout the year ! But to begin with our story . There was not a person on all the Borders , nor yet in all Scotland , who attached more impor- tance to the first - foot than Nelly Rogers ...
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... fortune , George resolved that he would exert it , and he was pleased with the thought of setting his father on his feet again by the reward of his talents . He had read some- where in the writings of Dr Johnson ( and the doctor had a ...
... fortune , George resolved that he would exert it , and he was pleased with the thought of setting his father on his feet again by the reward of his talents . He had read some- where in the writings of Dr Johnson ( and the doctor had 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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