Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 3-4W. Scott, 1888 |
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Page 60
... short intervals , and absolute silence reigned around , a clang , unlike any sounds of earth , came upon the ear— " As if the ocean's heart were stirred With inward life , a sound is heard . " It was a signal from those in the bell ; it ...
... short intervals , and absolute silence reigned around , a clang , unlike any sounds of earth , came upon the ear— " As if the ocean's heart were stirred With inward life , a sound is heard . " It was a signal from those in the bell ; it ...
Page 97
... short , in place o ' jumpin into the Clyde , I hied me to a tavern , ate as hearty a supper as ever I ate in my life , drank a guid , steeve tumbler o ' toddy , tumbled into bed , sleepit as sound as a caterpillar in winter , an ' awoke ...
... short , in place o ' jumpin into the Clyde , I hied me to a tavern , ate as hearty a supper as ever I ate in my life , drank a guid , steeve tumbler o ' toddy , tumbled into bed , sleepit as sound as a caterpillar in winter , an ' awoke ...
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... short time the brave knights were seen tripping it gaily through the mazes of the merry dance . This was another change of the moral peristrephic panorama of that extraordinary evening ; and , as the farmer looked at the merry knights ...
... short time the brave knights were seen tripping it gaily through the mazes of the merry dance . This was another change of the moral peristrephic panorama of that extraordinary evening ; and , as the farmer looked at the merry knights ...
Contents
WIDOW OF DUNSKAITII Hugh Miller | 1 |
THE WHITSOME TRAGEDY John Mackay Wilson | 20 |
THE SURGEONS TALES Alexander Leighton | 53 |
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