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Page 206
... arms for the contest . They stood still , they gazed upon each other ; as they gazed they started ; their arms dropped by their sides ; they stood anxiously scrutinizing the countenance of each other , in which each saw himself as in a ...
... arms for the contest . They stood still , they gazed upon each other ; as they gazed they started ; their arms dropped by their sides ; they stood anxiously scrutinizing the countenance of each other , in which each saw himself as in a ...
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... arms of the town of Selkirk represent an inci- dent which occurred there at the time of the battle of Flodden . The device , it is well known , consists of a female bearing a child in her arms , seated on a tomb , on which is also ...
... arms of the town of Selkirk represent an inci- dent which occurred there at the time of the battle of Flodden . The device , it is well known , consists of a female bearing a child in her arms , seated on a tomb , on which is also ...
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... arms of men , who hold it virtue To heap their shame upon a fallen foe ? Would ye , that ye might eat , yet not be satisfied , Pick up the scanty crumbs around their camp , After their cattle and their dogs have left them ; Or would ye ...
... arms of men , who hold it virtue To heap their shame upon a fallen foe ? Would ye , that ye might eat , yet not be satisfied , Pick up the scanty crumbs around their camp , After their cattle and their dogs have left them ; Or would ye ...
Contents
THE LAWYERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 5 |
THE ORPHAN John Mackay Wilson | 36 |
THE BURGHERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 44 |
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