Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 9-10W. Scott, 1888 |
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Page 111
... young , and stout , and foolish too , nae doobt . I thought naething wad war me , sae I just married whan I was a young , inexperienced callan , about nineteen ; and , having got a brother of my puir father's to be security ( ye see my ...
... young , and stout , and foolish too , nae doobt . I thought naething wad war me , sae I just married whan I was a young , inexperienced callan , about nineteen ; and , having got a brother of my puir father's to be security ( ye see my ...
Page 122
... young men of the party , of singularly graceful manners and bearing , acknowledged his greeting in excellent English , and with great politeness and civility of speech . Delighted at having met with a native of Great Britain , which he ...
... young men of the party , of singularly graceful manners and bearing , acknowledged his greeting in excellent English , and with great politeness and civility of speech . Delighted at having met with a native of Great Britain , which he ...
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... young man , ob- serving his sister and a young woman to whom he was warmly attached both struggling in the water , and sinking in the midst of furious breakers , boldly plunged into the boiling sea , and made his way to the perishing ...
... young man , ob- serving his sister and a young woman to whom he was warmly attached both struggling in the water , and sinking in the midst of furious breakers , boldly plunged into the boiling sea , and made his way to the perishing ...
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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