Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 3-4W. Scott, 1888 |
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Page 190
... feet of the king , to secure , by anticipation , mercy to her husband , when he might , if ever he should , be found . This last thought was passing through her mind , and she had intui- tively drawn her clothes around her bosom , as a ...
... feet of the king , to secure , by anticipation , mercy to her husband , when he might , if ever he should , be found . This last thought was passing through her mind , and she had intui- tively drawn her clothes around her bosom , as a ...
Page 217
... feet from where I lay ! Rising to my knees , and holding by the bushes , I poured forth my morning prayers of thanksgiving and supplication for deliverance . I rose to my feet ; the edge was only a little above my reach -my situation ...
... feet from where I lay ! Rising to my knees , and holding by the bushes , I poured forth my morning prayers of thanksgiving and supplication for deliverance . I rose to my feet ; the edge was only a little above my reach -my situation ...
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... feet , and crying to a new party to start , struck up one of the liveliest airs that the folks of the Merse had ever heard . In an instant again the barn was resounding with mirth ; his strains were irresistible . " " Then all the ...
... feet , and crying to a new party to start , struck up one of the liveliest airs that the folks of the Merse had ever heard . In an instant again the barn was resounding with mirth ; his strains were irresistible . " " Then all 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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