Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 3-4W. Scott, 1888 |
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... returned ; but my mind had undergone a complete change : its buoyancy had fled , and no longer , like a butterfly , fluttering from one flower of fancy to another , it was fixed on the one engrossing object ; yet I was conscious that ...
... returned ; but my mind had undergone a complete change : its buoyancy had fled , and no longer , like a butterfly , fluttering from one flower of fancy to another , it was fixed on the one engrossing object ; yet I was conscious that ...
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... returned , she had no consciousness of anything that had happened during the interval ; but , with a grateful heart , returned thanks to God for preservation and recovery . My pride was wounded to observe that the surgeon thought I was ...
... returned , she had no consciousness of anything that had happened during the interval ; but , with a grateful heart , returned thanks to God for preservation and recovery . My pride was wounded to observe that the surgeon thought I was ...
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... returned to the coast , that he might have the favour of old Bonnyface , who was King Peppel's chief minister , and had greater influence with him than any of his other favourites . " Billy himself was one of the sweetest tempered and ...
... returned to the coast , that he might have the favour of old Bonnyface , who was King Peppel's chief minister , and had greater influence with him than any of his other favourites . " Billy himself was one of the sweetest tempered and ...
Contents
WIDOW OF DUNSKAITII Hugh Miller | 1 |
THE WHITSOME TRAGEDY John Mackay Wilson | 20 |
THE SURGEONS TALES Alexander Leighton | 53 |
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