Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 9-10W. Scott, 1888 |
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Page 170
... returned the cautious servant , " I wad rather the bairns were oot o ' the way , for what I hae to say is no proper for them to hear , and the sooner ye are acquainted wi ' it the better . " Sir Patrick led his younger children out of ...
... returned the cautious servant , " I wad rather the bairns were oot o ' the way , for what I hae to say is no proper for them to hear , and the sooner ye are acquainted wi ' it the better . " Sir Patrick led his younger children out of ...
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... returned home troubled in spirit , a miserable and a humbled man , for his daughter had been his pride . Poor Elizabeth confessed that she was married , and attempted to prove what she affirmed . But this afforded no palliation of her ...
... returned home troubled in spirit , a miserable and a humbled man , for his daughter had been his pride . Poor Elizabeth confessed that she was married , and attempted to prove what she affirmed . But this afforded no palliation of her ...
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... returned to his heart , and animation to his limbs ; and in a few minutes he had reached the window of a little cottage , which was so completely drifted up with snow on all sides save that on which he stood , that any one might have ...
... returned to his heart , and animation to his limbs ; and in a few minutes he had reached the window of a little cottage , which was so completely drifted up with snow on all sides save that on which he stood , that any one might have ...
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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