Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 3-4W. Scott, 1888 |
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Page 83
... mind the lineaments of that face , the harrowing minutiae of her mutilated form ? I got an account from Mr. W of what took place on board of the lighter while the bell was down . It was a long time , he said , before anything was ...
... mind the lineaments of that face , the harrowing minutiae of her mutilated form ? I got an account from Mr. W of what took place on board of the lighter while the bell was down . It was a long time , he said , before anything was ...
Page 217
... mind for a few minutes , as I examined the space above me . The noise of the waters , and agitation of my mind , were again beginning to render my situation more and more perilous , and I felt there was no time to lose . It was far more ...
... mind for a few minutes , as I examined the space above me . The noise of the waters , and agitation of my mind , were again beginning to render my situation more and more perilous , and I felt there was no time to lose . It was far more ...
Page 109
... mind her . Except at counting - time , I never mind her mysel . " Thomson accommodated his visitors with seats . " Yer life maun be a gay lonely ane here , in this eerie bit o ' a glen , " remarked the old man , after they had conversed ...
... mind her . Except at counting - time , I never mind her mysel . " Thomson accommodated his visitors with seats . " Yer life maun be a gay lonely ane here , in this eerie bit o ' a glen , " remarked the old man , after they had conversed ...
Contents
WIDOW OF DUNSKAITII Hugh Miller | 1 |
THE WHITSOME TRAGEDY John Mackay Wilson | 20 |
THE SURGEONS TALES Alexander Leighton | 53 |
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