Tales of the Scottish PeasantryR. Carter, 1847 - 321 pages |
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Page 13
... look up with reverence and affection ? He : is brought to this dreadful alternative , either to abhor his parents as liars , or to become himself a liar ! Let those to whom God has committed the sacred charge of training up the infant ...
... look up with reverence and affection ? He : is brought to this dreadful alternative , either to abhor his parents as liars , or to become himself a liar ! Let those to whom God has committed the sacred charge of training up the infant ...
Page 38
... look into a private drawer , he found them care- fully wrapped up , with all their appendages , and eagerly seizing them , conveyed them into a secure place of his own . Here they lay un- disturbed till the morning of the fatal day . In ...
... look into a private drawer , he found them care- fully wrapped up , with all their appendages , and eagerly seizing them , conveyed them into a secure place of his own . Here they lay un- disturbed till the morning of the fatal day . In ...
Page 74
... looks and faltering voice , the shocking symptoms of intoxication ; for , when in this state , she was no better than an idiot , and would often have fallen into the fire , and been burned to death , but for her daughter's timely ...
... looks and faltering voice , the shocking symptoms of intoxication ; for , when in this state , she was no better than an idiot , and would often have fallen into the fire , and been burned to death , but for her daughter's timely ...
Page 76
... look grieved , but she seldom made any reply , nor did she ever once revert to the subject of their most affecting conversation . Four weeks , however , passed away , and she seemed still to adhere firmly to her resolution , for she had ...
... look grieved , but she seldom made any reply , nor did she ever once revert to the subject of their most affecting conversation . Four weeks , however , passed away , and she seemed still to adhere firmly to her resolution , for she had ...
Page 78
... looks rendered the attempt abortive . Before the virtue of her child , her proud spirit was humbled . She as- sured her she had not come with the intention of taking more than a single mouthful , which she found necessary to cure a ...
... looks rendered the attempt abortive . Before the virtue of her child , her proud spirit was humbled . She as- sured her she had not come with the intention of taking more than a single mouthful , which she found necessary to cure a ...
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