Tales of the Scottish Peasantry1862 |
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Page 39
... hours , to be murdered by the wretch who now envied his happiness . His name was Alexander Wil- liamson . He had for several years been tops- man , or overseer to Mr. Corson , proprietor of Dalwhat , in Galloway , an eminent , dealer in ...
... hours , to be murdered by the wretch who now envied his happiness . His name was Alexander Wil- liamson . He had for several years been tops- man , or overseer to Mr. Corson , proprietor of Dalwhat , in Galloway , an eminent , dealer in ...
Page 48
... hour , expecting every moment to be discovered , and giving him- self up to all the agonies of despair . The very recollection of his sufferings on this occasion , when he afterwards endeavoured to describe them to the author of this ...
... hour , expecting every moment to be discovered , and giving him- self up to all the agonies of despair . The very recollection of his sufferings on this occasion , when he afterwards endeavoured to describe them to the author of this ...
Page 54
... hours of two and four o'clock , P.M. , to the common place of execution , and there be hung by the neck , by the hands of the common hangman , until he should be dead ; and that afterwards his body should be given for public dissection ...
... hours of two and four o'clock , P.M. , to the common place of execution , and there be hung by the neck , by the hands of the common hangman , until he should be dead ; and that afterwards his body should be given for public dissection ...
Page 62
... hour , earnestly exhorting them to put their trust in Jesus , as the Saviour of sinners ; and reading to them , from time to time , appropriate passages of Scripture . His mind was now warmed with the glow of devotion . And his last ...
... hour , earnestly exhorting them to put their trust in Jesus , as the Saviour of sinners ; and reading to them , from time to time , appropriate passages of Scripture . His mind was now warmed with the glow of devotion . And his last ...
Page 72
... hours every day , to a good old woman in the neighbour- hood who taught a little school , and from whom she was to learn to read , and knit stockings . She learned , in addition , what was far more useful to her than all the other ...
... hours every day , to a good old woman in the neighbour- hood who taught a little school , and from whom she was to learn to read , and knit stockings . She learned , in addition , what was far more useful to her than all the other ...
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