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... LORD KAMES'S PUZZLE . ON looking over some Session papers which had be- longed to Lord Kames , with the object , I confess , of getting hold of some facts - those entities called by Quintilian the bones of truth , the more by token , I ...
... LORD KAMES'S PUZZLE . ON looking over some Session papers which had be- longed to Lord Kames , with the object , I confess , of getting hold of some facts - those entities called by Quintilian the bones of truth , the more by token , I ...
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... Lord how far my words would bind me to do evil , or leave me to do gude , when the time came . So I took the bairn into my arms . “ And wha will pay for the wet - nurse ? ' said I ; ' for ye ken I am as dry as a yeld crummie . But there ...
... Lord how far my words would bind me to do evil , or leave me to do gude , when the time came . So I took the bairn into my arms . “ And wha will pay for the wet - nurse ? ' said I ; ' for ye ken I am as dry as a yeld crummie . But there ...
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... Lord William sleeps now by the side of her bier ; And the Allerley lords and ladies lie near , But nearest of neighbours they nothing can say : No " Good morrow , my lord , " when the day is begun , No " My lady , good night , " when ...
... Lord William sleeps now by the side of her bier ; And the Allerley lords and ladies lie near , But nearest of neighbours they nothing can say : No " Good morrow , my lord , " when the day is begun , No " My lady , good night , " when ...
Contents
THE LAWYERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 5 |
THE ORPHAN John Mackay Wilson | 36 |
THE BURGHERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 44 |
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