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... young girl , verging upon sixteen , called Henrietta , whose qualities , both of mind and body , might be comprised in the homely eulogy , " as blithe as bonnie . " So it may be , that if you are alarmed at the humility of the ...
... young girl , verging upon sixteen , called Henrietta , whose qualities , both of mind and body , might be comprised in the homely eulogy , " as blithe as bonnie . " So it may be , that if you are alarmed at the humility of the ...
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... young ensign called Charles Sim , agreed to subscribe a purse of ten guineas towards the encouragement of the games . The young ensign was from Cumberland , where the science of wrestling is still a passion ; and he , as the reader will ...
... young ensign called Charles Sim , agreed to subscribe a purse of ten guineas towards the encouragement of the games . The young ensign was from Cumberland , where the science of wrestling is still a passion ; and he , as the reader will ...
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... young Templeton's name was in the bloody register ; the more by reason that he had been as noisy as Edinburgh students generally are in the proclamation of his partisanship . He must fly or secrete himself , or perhaps lose a head in ...
... young Templeton's name was in the bloody register ; the more by reason that he had been as noisy as Edinburgh students generally are in the proclamation of his partisanship . He must fly or secrete himself , or perhaps lose a head in ...
Contents
THE LAWYERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 5 |
THE ORPHAN John Mackay Wilson | 36 |
THE BURGHERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 44 |
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