Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 9-10W. Scott, 1888 |
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Page 114
... wife and daughter to accompany me to Canada , to which the Countess of Sutherland was then offering a free passage from Cromarty Frith , in the good ship Aurora . I should , however , have mentioned that , whilst residing at Dornoch , I ...
... wife and daughter to accompany me to Canada , to which the Countess of Sutherland was then offering a free passage from Cromarty Frith , in the good ship Aurora . I should , however , have mentioned that , whilst residing at Dornoch , I ...
Page 163
... wife . " Is it possible , Robert Melville , " said the father , " that you could disgrace your family and your pedigree , by carry- ing off the wife of this honest farmer - a woman stricken in years and place her in the bedroom occupied ...
... wife . " Is it possible , Robert Melville , " said the father , " that you could disgrace your family and your pedigree , by carry- ing off the wife of this honest farmer - a woman stricken in years and place her in the bedroom occupied ...
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... wife and daughters , he seemed to be wrestling with some dreadful thought which allowed him no rest , but wrung from him , incessantly , heavy groans and muttered prayers . His wife pressed him to open his heart to her , or , if he was ...
... wife and daughters , he seemed to be wrestling with some dreadful thought which allowed him no rest , but wrung from him , incessantly , heavy groans and muttered prayers . His wife pressed him to open his heart to her , or , if he was ...
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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