Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 3-4W. Scott, 1888 |
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... Weel spoken , bairns ! ' cried your grandfaither , who had been a first hand at such ploys in his young days ; ' weel spoken ! I'm glad to see that the spirits of the young generation arena gaun backward ; though , since King Jamie gaed ...
... Weel spoken , bairns ! ' cried your grandfaither , who had been a first hand at such ploys in his young days ; ' weel spoken ! I'm glad to see that the spirits of the young generation arena gaun backward ; though , since King Jamie gaed ...
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... weel on- ( for I never in my born days had had such a market for my fish ; indeed , I got whatever I asked , and I was wishing in my heart that the king's marriage party would stop at Lammerton Moor for a twelvemonth ) —but , though I ...
... weel on- ( for I never in my born days had had such a market for my fish ; indeed , I got whatever I asked , and I was wishing in my heart that the king's marriage party would stop at Lammerton Moor for a twelvemonth ) —but , though I ...
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... Weel , weel , laddie , " rejoined the other , " I'm glad to hear that Nan Black , as ye ca ' her , is likely to turn out a better woman , if she be spared , than ever her faither was a man - but , as he has a ' his actions to account ...
... Weel , weel , laddie , " rejoined the other , " I'm glad to hear that Nan Black , as ye ca ' her , is likely to turn out a better woman , if she be spared , than ever her faither was a man - but , as he has a ' his actions to account ...
Contents
WIDOW OF DUNSKAITII Hugh Miller | 1 |
THE WHITSOME TRAGEDY John Mackay Wilson | 20 |
THE SURGEONS TALES Alexander Leighton | 53 |
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