Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 9-10W. Scott, 1888 |
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Page 44
... morning . She rose with a burning cheek and a high - fluttering pulse , produced by the fever of mind under which she still la- boured . She opened the casement to let in the cool breeze of morning to brace her nerves , and enable her ...
... morning . She rose with a burning cheek and a high - fluttering pulse , produced by the fever of mind under which she still la- boured . She opened the casement to let in the cool breeze of morning to brace her nerves , and enable her ...
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... morning after my arrival in Ber- wick , on my way to London on foot . Fortune had been adverse to me in my native ... morning light , a prey to my feelings , and musing upon my chequered fortunes . The wind began gradually to rise and ...
... morning after my arrival in Ber- wick , on my way to London on foot . Fortune had been adverse to me in my native ... morning light , a prey to my feelings , and musing upon my chequered fortunes . The wind began gradually to rise and ...
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... morning was remarkably fine , when the king , with the Earl of Northumberland , Matilda , and a number of his court , embarked at Crail in a pleasure - yacht for the May . The air was pure , the sea slightly ruffled with a favouring ...
... morning was remarkably fine , when the king , with the Earl of Northumberland , Matilda , and a number of his court , embarked at Crail in a pleasure - yacht for the May . The air was pure , the sea slightly ruffled with a favouring ...
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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