Black dwarf. Old mortalityA. Constable & Company, 1823 |
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Page 28
... live on their ain bonny green hills . " " My education and my sisters ' has kept my mother much in Edinburgh for several years , " said Earnscliff , " but I promise you I propose to make up for lost time . " " And ye'll rig out the auld ...
... live on their ain bonny green hills . " " My education and my sisters ' has kept my mother much in Edinburgh for several years , " said Earnscliff , " but I promise you I propose to make up for lost time . " " And ye'll rig out the auld ...
Page 30
... lives high , and far abune his rents here ; how- ever , he pays his way - Sae , if there's ony out - break in the country ... live quiet like Loudon folk - we haena sae muckle to do . It's im- possible . " " Well , Hobbie , for one who ...
... lives high , and far abune his rents here ; how- ever , he pays his way - Sae , if there's ony out - break in the country ... live quiet like Loudon folk - we haena sae muckle to do . It's im- possible . " " Well , Hobbie , for one who ...
Page 98
... live by bread , " replied Willie of Westburn- flat " as I live by bread , I have not a single cloot o ' them ! They're a ' ower the march langsyne ; there's no a horn o ' them about the tower . But I'll see what o ' them can be gotten ...
... live by bread , " replied Willie of Westburn- flat " as I live by bread , I have not a single cloot o ' them ! They're a ' ower the march langsyne ; there's no a horn o ' them about the tower . But I'll see what o ' them can be gotten ...
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