Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 3-4W. Scott, 1888 |
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Page 241
... Black being successful , no one seemed to entertain the smallest doubt . Sir Patrick , of late , had left the management of those matters wholly to his factor , Mr. Goosequill ; and , in the esteem of this individual , Mr. Black now ...
... Black being successful , no one seemed to entertain the smallest doubt . Sir Patrick , of late , had left the management of those matters wholly to his factor , Mr. Goosequill ; and , in the esteem of this individual , Mr. Black now ...
Page 243
... Black proposes to take both farms - Nettlebank at the old rent , and the other at an advance ; and , if his offers are accepted , I have no hesitation in saying that he will soon improve this portion of your estate to a great extent . I ...
... Black proposes to take both farms - Nettlebank at the old rent , and the other at an advance ; and , if his offers are accepted , I have no hesitation in saying that he will soon improve this portion of your estate to a great extent . I ...
Page 261
... Black , who raised a heavy oaken cudgel to strike him on the head . Had that blow descended , the probabi- lity is that Duncan Cowpet would have slept with his fathers ; but George Chrighton wrenched the stick from the hand of the ...
... Black , who raised a heavy oaken cudgel to strike him on the head . Had that blow descended , the probabi- lity is that Duncan Cowpet would have slept with his fathers ; but George Chrighton wrenched the stick from the hand of the ...
Contents
WIDOW OF DUNSKAITII Hugh Miller | 1 |
THE WHITSOME TRAGEDY John Mackay Wilson | 20 |
THE SURGEONS TALES Alexander Leighton | 53 |
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