Black dwarf. Old mortalityA. Constable & Company, 1823 |
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Page 25
... appearance as they lay scat- tered on the waste , were popularly called the Grey Geese of Mucklestane - Moor . The legend accounted for this name and appearance by the catastrophe of a noted and most formidable witch who frequented ...
... appearance as they lay scat- tered on the waste , were popularly called the Grey Geese of Mucklestane - Moor . The legend accounted for this name and appearance by the catastrophe of a noted and most formidable witch who frequented ...
Page 42
... appearance , and Hob- bie , not without a conscious glance at Earnscliff , placed himself by her side . Mirth and lively conversation , in which the old lady of the house took the good - humour- ed share which so well becomes old age ...
... appearance , and Hob- bie , not without a conscious glance at Earnscliff , placed himself by her side . Mirth and lively conversation , in which the old lady of the house took the good - humour- ed share which so well becomes old age ...
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... appearance of the walls of a hut , which , though very small , and constructed only of stones and turf , without any mortar , exhibited , from the unusual size of the stones employed , an appearance of solidity very uncommon for a ...
... appearance of the walls of a hut , which , though very small , and constructed only of stones and turf , without any mortar , exhibited , from the unusual size of the stones employed , an appearance of solidity very uncommon for a ...
Common terms and phrases
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