Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 3-4W. Scott, 1888 |
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Page 35
... death is avenged , and by the hands of her own flesh and blood . " The two parties rode forward and met each other . The Cunninghams and the Moors were face to face . The two fathers sat as if fixed upon their saddles for a few seconds ...
... death is avenged , and by the hands of her own flesh and blood . " The two parties rode forward and met each other . The Cunninghams and the Moors were face to face . The two fathers sat as if fixed upon their saddles for a few seconds ...
Page 36
... death , I die ! But , remember , there is one left to avenge our deaths , and she will avenge them seven - fold ! " Thus saying , his head fell back upon the ground , and he spoke not again . Cunningham , disengaging himself from the ...
... death , I die ! But , remember , there is one left to avenge our deaths , and she will avenge them seven - fold ! " Thus saying , his head fell back upon the ground , and he spoke not again . Cunningham , disengaging himself from the ...
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... death ; and the information was but too true - for the old man had not only arrived at the point of death , but had passed it , and that ere they came . In other words , the laird was dead when they arrived , and their services , of ...
... death ; and the information was but too true - for the old man had not only arrived at the point of death , but had passed it , and that ere they came . In other words , the laird was dead when they arrived , and their services , of ...
Contents
WIDOW OF DUNSKAITII Hugh Miller | 1 |
THE WHITSOME TRAGEDY John Mackay Wilson | 20 |
THE SURGEONS TALES Alexander Leighton | 53 |
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