Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 3-4W. Scott, 1888 |
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Page 14
... poor old eyes , " replied the widow , " are growing dim , an ' surely no wonder ; but yet I think I should ken that boatman . Is it no Eachen Macinla o ' Tarbet ? " " Hard - hearted , cruel old man , " exclaimed the maiden , " what can ...
... poor old eyes , " replied the widow , " are growing dim , an ' surely no wonder ; but yet I think I should ken that boatman . Is it no Eachen Macinla o ' Tarbet ? " " Hard - hearted , cruel old man , " exclaimed the maiden , " what can ...
Page 127
... Poor Phebe's little chest , " wi ' her a ' int , " discovered , to the amazement of all , the whole lot of the missing articles . Lady D looked as if she had been suddenly struck with lightning ; whilst poor Phebe regarded the whole as ...
... Poor Phebe's little chest , " wi ' her a ' int , " discovered , to the amazement of all , the whole lot of the missing articles . Lady D looked as if she had been suddenly struck with lightning ; whilst poor Phebe regarded the whole as ...
Page 123
... poor as the old dark denizens of the soil who were displaced by the Norwegian brown species , despise the taunt - that fifteen out of the whole number of Linton lairds were , at one period , on the poor's box . Gentry , with old noble ...
... poor as the old dark denizens of the soil who were displaced by the Norwegian brown species , despise the taunt - that fifteen out of the whole number of Linton lairds were , at one period , on the poor's box . Gentry , with old noble ...
Contents
WIDOW OF DUNSKAITII Hugh Miller | 1 |
THE WHITSOME TRAGEDY John Mackay Wilson | 20 |
THE SURGEONS TALES Alexander Leighton | 53 |
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