Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 3-4W. Scott, 1888 |
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Page 69
... looked to Vanderhoek , and pointed to an instrument in the shape of a mattock - shaking his hand , and muttering indistinctly , " Haste ! haste ! " The sign and words were perfectly understood by Van- derhoek as well as by myself . I looked ...
... looked to Vanderhoek , and pointed to an instrument in the shape of a mattock - shaking his hand , and muttering indistinctly , " Haste ! haste ! " The sign and words were perfectly understood by Van- derhoek as well as by myself . I looked ...
Page 127
... looked wildly around her . Lady D was standing with her handkerchief at her eyes - she had wept aloud . " " O Phebe , " said her ladyship , " are you guilty of this ? " Phebe repeated the word " guilty " twice , looked wildly on Lady D ...
... looked wildly around her . Lady D was standing with her handkerchief at her eyes - she had wept aloud . " " O Phebe , " said her ladyship , " are you guilty of this ? " Phebe repeated the word " guilty " twice , looked wildly on Lady D ...
Page 176
... looked upon the faces of the beautiful and innocent supplicants " this is surely a fairer sight , and better cal- culated to fill and delight the heart of mortal , than what my Parys is now , I fear , preparing to behold . How dif ...
... looked upon the faces of the beautiful and innocent supplicants " this is surely a fairer sight , and better cal- culated to fill and delight the heart of mortal , than what my Parys is now , I fear , preparing to behold . How dif ...
Contents
WIDOW OF DUNSKAITII Hugh Miller | 1 |
THE WHITSOME TRAGEDY John Mackay Wilson | 20 |
THE SURGEONS TALES Alexander Leighton | 53 |
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