Tales of the Scottish PeasantryR. Carter, 1847 - 321 pages |
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... , THE COTTER 113 THE APPRENTICE 138 THE BENEVOLENT ORPHAN 159 THE SPOILED CHILD 189 THE FRIENDLY FARMER 212 THE HONEST FARMER 235 THE DISHONEST FARMER 296 3595 8943 PREFACE . THE following Narratives were writ- ten chiefly by 25821.
... , THE COTTER 113 THE APPRENTICE 138 THE BENEVOLENT ORPHAN 159 THE SPOILED CHILD 189 THE FRIENDLY FARMER 212 THE HONEST FARMER 235 THE DISHONEST FARMER 296 3595 8943 PREFACE . THE following Narratives were writ- ten chiefly by 25821.
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... honest parents , in the parish of Penpont , in that dis- trict of Dumfries - shire to which the river Nith has given its name . He was early sent to the parochial school , which was at that time ably taught by a son of Mr. Keyden , the ...
... honest parents , in the parish of Penpont , in that dis- trict of Dumfries - shire to which the river Nith has given its name . He was early sent to the parochial school , which was at that time ably taught by a son of Mr. Keyden , the ...
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... honest indignation against hypocrisy and false- hood , when he sees these very vices avowedly practised by those to whom he has been taught to look up with reverence and affection ? He : is brought to this dreadful alternative , either ...
... honest indignation against hypocrisy and false- hood , when he sees these very vices avowedly practised by those to whom he has been taught to look up with reverence and affection ? He : is brought to this dreadful alternative , either ...
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... honest , as not in one way or other , to use means for keeping back something from the amount they owe to the revenue . But I am persuaded that no person , I do not say of public spirit , but even of common honesty , would be guilty of ...
... honest , as not in one way or other , to use means for keeping back something from the amount they owe to the revenue . But I am persuaded that no person , I do not say of public spirit , but even of common honesty , would be guilty of ...
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... honest , money transaction , which involved him in inextricable difficulties ; the secret brooding of his mind over desperate schemes of self - de- struction ; and , finally , the fatal combination of circumstances which concurred in ...
... honest , money transaction , which involved him in inextricable difficulties ; the secret brooding of his mind over desperate schemes of self - de- struction ; and , finally , the fatal combination of circumstances which concurred in ...
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