Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 3-4W. Scott, 1888 |
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... Border . Hence they had , as we still have , the fairs of Stagshawbank , Whitsunbank , St. Ninian's , St. James's , and St. Boswell's ; with the fairs of Wooler , Dunse , Chirnside , Swinton , and of many other towns and villages . Of ...
... Border . Hence they had , as we still have , the fairs of Stagshawbank , Whitsunbank , St. Ninian's , St. James's , and St. Boswell's ; with the fairs of Wooler , Dunse , Chirnside , Swinton , and of many other towns and villages . Of ...
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... Border Widow " -a strain which , so long as poetry shall hold any influence over the heart of man , will continue to draw " soft pity's tear . " If every Border chieftain's wife had been like this lady , we would have heard and read ...
... Border Widow " -a strain which , so long as poetry shall hold any influence over the heart of man , will continue to draw " soft pity's tear . " If every Border chieftain's wife had been like this lady , we would have heard and read ...
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... Border chiefs with whom he was usually ranked . He could fight to the effusion of blood that came from within an inch of the coronary veins of his heart , for the property of a cow , that , next day , he would divide among the poor ...
... Border chiefs with whom he was usually ranked . He could fight to the effusion of blood that came from within an inch of the coronary veins of his heart , for the property of a cow , that , next day , he would divide among the poor ...
Contents
WIDOW OF DUNSKAITII Hugh Miller | 1 |
THE WHITSOME TRAGEDY John Mackay Wilson | 20 |
THE SURGEONS TALES Alexander Leighton | 53 |
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