Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 3-4W. Scott, 1888 |
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Page 75
... dark forms than had accompanied my more distinct perceptions . They were mere filmy traces , broken and unconnected - exhibiting to me some- times only the darkness of the bell , sometimes the THE DIVER AND THE BELL . 75.
... dark forms than had accompanied my more distinct perceptions . They were mere filmy traces , broken and unconnected - exhibiting to me some- times only the darkness of the bell , sometimes the THE DIVER AND THE BELL . 75.
Page 183
... dark , the storm had not abated , the rain still poured , the lightning flashed , and the neighbouring streams rolled over their rugged channels with a noise that equalled the thunder which yet shook the heavens . Marjory again took her ...
... dark , the storm had not abated , the rain still poured , the lightning flashed , and the neighbouring streams rolled over their rugged channels with a noise that equalled the thunder which yet shook the heavens . Marjory again took her ...
Page 79
... darkness around it visible . My joints relaxed , and I fell to the earth , incapable of motion . I was a mere bundle of ... dark door - way pas- sage ! I did not get a sound sleep for months and years afterwards ! Such are thy miseries ...
... darkness around it visible . My joints relaxed , and I fell to the earth , incapable of motion . I was a mere bundle of ... dark door - way pas- sage ! I did not get a sound sleep for months and years afterwards ! Such are thy miseries ...
Contents
WIDOW OF DUNSKAITII Hugh Miller | 1 |
THE WHITSOME TRAGEDY John Mackay Wilson | 20 |
THE SURGEONS TALES Alexander Leighton | 53 |
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