Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 3-4W. Scott, 1888 |
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Page 104
... head of the fisherman , who , though taken unawares and at a disad- vantage , succeeded , notwithstanding , in transferring it to his left shoulder , where it fell broken and weak . A desperate but brief combat ensued . The ferocity and ...
... head of the fisherman , who , though taken unawares and at a disad- vantage , succeeded , notwithstanding , in transferring it to his left shoulder , where it fell broken and weak . A desperate but brief combat ensued . The ferocity and ...
Page 107
... head wi ' improvidments , as they ca ' them ? The country's gane clean gite wi ' pride , Thomson . Naething less sairs folk noo , forsooth , than carts wi ' wheels to them ; an ' it's no a fortnight syne sin ' little Sandy Martin , the ...
... head wi ' improvidments , as they ca ' them ? The country's gane clean gite wi ' pride , Thomson . Naething less sairs folk noo , forsooth , than carts wi ' wheels to them ; an ' it's no a fortnight syne sin ' little Sandy Martin , the ...
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... head - the usual head - dress of such persons in those times , and his bearing a steaming silver posset dish in one hand . David , as we have said , stared at the man , without saying a word - a line of proceeding which he adopted , in ...
... head - the usual head - dress of such persons in those times , and his bearing a steaming silver posset dish in one hand . David , as we have said , stared at the man , without saying a word - a line of proceeding which he adopted , in ...
Contents
WIDOW OF DUNSKAITII Hugh Miller | 1 |
THE WHITSOME TRAGEDY John Mackay Wilson | 20 |
THE SURGEONS TALES Alexander Leighton | 53 |
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