Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 3-4W. Scott, 1888 |
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Page 259
... once more . After I had made my foolish request , I had still another wish ungratified , and that was , in case my arguments should fail , as they have done , that you would carry along with you some remembrance of her whom you once ...
... once more . After I had made my foolish request , I had still another wish ungratified , and that was , in case my arguments should fail , as they have done , that you would carry along with you some remembrance of her whom you once ...
Page 90
... once into perdition than have been concerned in the affair . Tibby Murdoch's father was a brutal and a passionate man ; and , understanding from his daughter how matters stood , and that poor Alice Lorimer had been the cause of his ...
... once into perdition than have been concerned in the affair . Tibby Murdoch's father was a brutal and a passionate man ; and , understanding from his daughter how matters stood , and that poor Alice Lorimer had been the cause of his ...
Page 140
... once fixed their reputation , while it materially augmented his own . A general subscription was projected , with a view to the erection of a pump - room . The plan took amazingly ; and , from being left to work its way out , as best it ...
... once fixed their reputation , while it materially augmented his own . A general subscription was projected , with a view to the erection of a pump - room . The plan took amazingly ; and , from being left to work its way out , as best it ...
Contents
WIDOW OF DUNSKAITII Hugh Miller | 1 |
THE WHITSOME TRAGEDY John Mackay Wilson | 20 |
THE SURGEONS TALES Alexander Leighton | 53 |
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