Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 3-4W. Scott, 1888 |
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... round and round in the eddy . The place was occupied by three men , who were sitting beside the fire , on blocks of stone which had been rolled from the beach . Two of them were young , and compara- tively commonplace - looking persons ...
... round and round in the eddy . The place was occupied by three men , who were sitting beside the fire , on blocks of stone which had been rolled from the beach . Two of them were young , and compara- tively commonplace - looking persons ...
Page 63
... round me with a nervous eye , and threw the colours of my fancy on even common objects . dull yolks of glass placed round the sides to give light , pale and lustreless — the iron tools , wet and brown with rust the black leather flasks ...
... round me with a nervous eye , and threw the colours of my fancy on even common objects . dull yolks of glass placed round the sides to give light , pale and lustreless — the iron tools , wet and brown with rust the black leather flasks ...
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... round Henderland , and the property itself , were covered with wood , that afforded shelter to the largest stags in ... rounded the chapel , there is the broken tombstone , record- ing the deaths of the last members of the family , in ...
... round Henderland , and the property itself , were covered with wood , that afforded shelter to the largest stags in ... rounded the chapel , there is the broken tombstone , record- ing the deaths of the last members of the family , in ...
Contents
WIDOW OF DUNSKAITII Hugh Miller | 1 |
THE WHITSOME TRAGEDY John Mackay Wilson | 20 |
THE SURGEONS TALES Alexander Leighton | 53 |
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