Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 3-4W. Scott, 1888 |
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Page 126
... never , never walk that way again - I will never , never speak to him more . love you , my own dear papa , and mamma , and my sisters , and Lady D , and the two little dear doggies ; but I never could love Donald M'Naughton ; not but ...
... never , never walk that way again - I will never , never speak to him more . love you , my own dear papa , and mamma , and my sisters , and Lady D , and the two little dear doggies ; but I never could love Donald M'Naughton ; not but ...
Page 69
... never seen a blackbird's nest with young , else he had given it a place amongst his " gives ! " This was my first ... never , never forget their flut- tering movements , their chirpings , their restlessness , their ruffled feathers , and ...
... never seen a blackbird's nest with young , else he had given it a place amongst his " gives ! " This was my first ... never , never forget their flut- tering movements , their chirpings , their restlessness , their ruffled feathers , and ...
Page 268
... never raised in anger against the unoffending or the helpless , and never closed in hard- heartedness against the needy . " " No , thank God , " replied the person thus eulogized— “ much evil as I have done , the shedding of blood is no ...
... never raised in anger against the unoffending or the helpless , and never closed in hard- heartedness against the needy . " " No , thank God , " replied the person thus eulogized— “ much evil as I have done , the shedding of blood is no ...
Contents
WIDOW OF DUNSKAITII Hugh Miller | 1 |
THE WHITSOME TRAGEDY John Mackay Wilson | 20 |
THE SURGEONS TALES Alexander Leighton | 53 |
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