The Black DwarfOxford University Press, 1912 - 149 pages |
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Page 10
... honour ony gate , and company's blithe on a bare moor like this - it's an unco bogilly bit - Where hae ye been sporting ? ' Up the Carla Cleugh , Hobbie , ' answered Earnscliff , returning his greeting . But will our dogs keep the peace ...
... honour ony gate , and company's blithe on a bare moor like this - it's an unco bogilly bit - Where hae ye been sporting ? ' Up the Carla Cleugh , Hobbie , ' answered Earnscliff , returning his greeting . But will our dogs keep the peace ...
Page 21
... honour to the country , and a safeguard to those that dwell in it - you , before others , are called upon to put yoursell in no rash adventures - for yours was aye ower venturesome a race , and muckle harm they have got by it . ' But I ...
... honour to the country , and a safeguard to those that dwell in it - you , before others , are called upon to put yoursell in no rash adventures - for yours was aye ower venturesome a race , and muckle harm they have got by it . ' But I ...
Page 88
... honour- able confinement , until , ' said Mr. Verc , she should be safely conveyed home to her father's house , ' an opportunity for which occurred on the following day . 6 6 The domestics could not help thinking it remarkable how soon ...
... honour- able confinement , until , ' said Mr. Verc , she should be safely conveyed home to her father's house , ' an opportunity for which occurred on the following day . 6 6 The domestics could not help thinking it remarkable how soon ...
Page 91
... honour dearer than his life . ' 6 6 6 > And I'll be his second , ' said Simon of Hackburn , ́ and take up ony twa o ' ye , gentle or semple , laird or loon ; it's a ' ane to Simon . ' 6 ' Who is that rough - looking fellow ? ' said Sir ...
... honour dearer than his life . ' 6 6 6 > And I'll be his second , ' said Simon of Hackburn , ́ and take up ony twa o ' ye , gentle or semple , laird or loon ; it's a ' ane to Simon . ' 6 ' Who is that rough - looking fellow ? ' said Sir ...
Page 92
... honour , consent to any violence being offered to Earnscliff , when he entered his bounds only to bring back his daughter ? or , if he were to be of your opinion , do you think that I , and the rest of these gentlemen , would disgrace ...
... honour , consent to any violence being offered to Earnscliff , when he entered his bounds only to bring back his daughter ? or , if he were to be of your opinion , do you think that I , and the rest of these gentlemen , would disgrace ...
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