Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 3-4W. Scott, 1888 |
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... hear the intelligence of this midnight messenger , whose words already , so far as she had heard them , carried tokens of evil . His reference to the king struck a chord that prior soli- tude had made sensitive ; and even the remark as ...
... hear the intelligence of this midnight messenger , whose words already , so far as she had heard them , carried tokens of evil . His reference to the king struck a chord that prior soli- tude had made sensitive ; and even the remark as ...
Page 234
... hear of . But we must leave her to pursue her fruitless search , and attend , for a little , to what was going on elsewhere . One evening , after George Chrighton had returned from school , without taking time to snatch his accustomed ...
... hear of . But we must leave her to pursue her fruitless search , and attend , for a little , to what was going on elsewhere . One evening , after George Chrighton had returned from school , without taking time to snatch his accustomed ...
Page 258
... hear , " she continued , evi- dently placing her feelings under a strong restraint as she poke- " did you ever hear that your dog was poisoned ? " " I was never told so , " said George ; " but , perhaps , I have suspected that the dog ...
... hear , " she continued , evi- dently placing her feelings under a strong restraint as she poke- " did you ever hear that your dog was poisoned ? " " I was never told so , " said George ; " but , perhaps , I have suspected that the dog ...
Contents
WIDOW OF DUNSKAITII Hugh Miller | 1 |
THE WHITSOME TRAGEDY John Mackay Wilson | 20 |
THE SURGEONS TALES Alexander Leighton | 53 |
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