Black dwarf. Old mortalityA. Constable & Company, 1823 |
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Page 41
... poor country , now its peace- fully settled , and living in love and law ? -O weary on him ! he ne'er brought gude to these lands or the in- dwellers . My father aften tauld me he was seen in the year o ' the bloody fight at Marston ...
... poor country , now its peace- fully settled , and living in love and law ? -O weary on him ! he ne'er brought gude to these lands or the in- dwellers . My father aften tauld me he was seen in the year o ' the bloody fight at Marston ...
Page 103
... poor Hobbie ; " they would nicker , and laugh , and giggle , if their best friend was lying a corp -and yet I am glad they can keep up their hearts sae weel , poor silly things ; but the dirdum fa's on me , to be sure , and no on them ...
... poor Hobbie ; " they would nicker , and laugh , and giggle , if their best friend was lying a corp -and yet I am glad they can keep up their hearts sae weel , poor silly things ; but the dirdum fa's on me , to be sure , and no on them ...
Page 316
... poor fellow is . ” " I was just thinking sae mysel , Miss Edith ; but it canna be Cuddie Headrigg , because he's taller and no sae stout . " " Yet , " continued Miss Bellenden , " it may be some poor neighbour , for whom we might have ...
... poor fellow is . ” " I was just thinking sae mysel , Miss Edith ; but it canna be Cuddie Headrigg , because he's taller and no sae stout . " " Yet , " continued Miss Bellenden , " it may be some poor neighbour , for whom we might have ...
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