Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 3-4W. Scott, 1888 |
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Page 131
... person was obtained , herself a Scotchwoman , to carry the child into Fife , and there to expose it , under the circumstances and with the provision already mentioned . This person chanced to be a parishioner of mine , and the ...
... person was obtained , herself a Scotchwoman , to carry the child into Fife , and there to expose it , under the circumstances and with the provision already mentioned . This person chanced to be a parishioner of mine , and the ...
Page 262
... person who had just left them . These were various , vague , and indefinite . That he was a person far above the ordinary classes of the country , was evident from his dress , his manner , and his accomplishments . The first was that of ...
... person who had just left them . These were various , vague , and indefinite . That he was a person far above the ordinary classes of the country , was evident from his dress , his manner , and his accomplishments . The first was that of ...
Page 283
... person to act the required part . This person was , accordingly , immediately waited upon , the mat- ter explained to him , and a handsome gratuity offered him for his services . 66 " A bargain be't , " said Thomas , when the terms were ...
... person to act the required part . This person was , accordingly , immediately waited upon , the mat- ter explained to him , and a handsome gratuity offered him for his services . 66 " A bargain be't , " said Thomas , when the terms were ...
Contents
WIDOW OF DUNSKAITII Hugh Miller | 1 |
THE WHITSOME TRAGEDY John Mackay Wilson | 20 |
THE SURGEONS TALES Alexander Leighton | 53 |
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