Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 9-10W. Scott, 1888 |
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Page 264
... leave of Her Majesty before returning to France , for which I set out to - morrow . " An ironical and incredulous smile played on the stern countenance of Murray . " A strange place this , methinks , and a strange season , for leave ...
... leave of Her Majesty before returning to France , for which I set out to - morrow . " An ironical and incredulous smile played on the stern countenance of Murray . " A strange place this , methinks , and a strange season , for leave ...
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... leave the house , and remained at home for several days , so depressed that I even wished I were dead , and away from a world in which I had suffered so much . The pleasures I had also enjoyed were entirely blotted out from my ...
... leave the house , and remained at home for several days , so depressed that I even wished I were dead , and away from a world in which I had suffered so much . The pleasures I had also enjoyed were entirely blotted out from my ...
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... leave , we left our landlord in the night ; and , crossing at Kincardine , got into Fife , and travelled down the shores of the Forth until we reached Dysart , where your father was confined to bed , by fever , for some days . Here we ...
... leave , we left our landlord in the night ; and , crossing at Kincardine , got into Fife , and travelled down the shores of the Forth until we reached Dysart , where your father was confined to bed , by fever , for some days . Here we ...
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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