Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical Traditionary and Imaginative, Volumes 21-22 |
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... woman in a plaid and with a lantern in her hand , who had just left the third or innermost room , and whose face , as it peered through the thick folds of her head - covering , was illuminated by a gleam from the light she carried . She ...
... woman in a plaid and with a lantern in her hand , who had just left the third or innermost room , and whose face , as it peered through the thick folds of her head - covering , was illuminated by a gleam from the light she carried . She ...
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... woman will go through worse storms than man's passion to get to the goal of wealth and honour . Then there is a frenzy in woman , Aminadab . She is like the boys , who seek danger for its own sake , and will skim on skates the rim of ...
... woman will go through worse storms than man's passion to get to the goal of wealth and honour . Then there is a frenzy in woman , Aminadab . She is like the boys , who seek danger for its own sake , and will skim on skates the rim of ...
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... woman's art and a woman's wile A man may well often slight , At the worst they are but nature's guile Το procure what is nature's right . But a woman's wrath , when once inflamed By a THE LEGEND OF MARY LEE . 99.
... woman's art and a woman's wile A man may well often slight , At the worst they are but nature's guile Το procure what is nature's right . But a woman's wrath , when once inflamed By a THE LEGEND OF MARY LEE . 99.
Contents
THE LAWYERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 5 |
THE ORPHAN John Mackay Wilson | 36 |
THE BURGHERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 44 |
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