Tales of the Scottish PeasantryR. Carter, 1847 - 321 pages |
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Page 16
... neighbour- hood , and contrived to get it , unobserved , into his possession . Thus armed , he returned to the church , determined to make his antagonist pay dear for his victory . Fortunately , however , the young man was apprised of ...
... neighbour- hood , and contrived to get it , unobserved , into his possession . Thus armed , he returned to the church , determined to make his antagonist pay dear for his victory . Fortunately , however , the young man was apprised of ...
Page 23
... neighbour must pay more , and that I am enriching myself at his expense . He who transgresses his duty to God or man , cannot be completely master of his own actions . He treads on hollow ground , and one guilty deed may involve a whole ...
... neighbour must pay more , and that I am enriching myself at his expense . He who transgresses his duty to God or man , cannot be completely master of his own actions . He treads on hollow ground , and one guilty deed may involve a whole ...
Page 59
... neighbour , to slay him with guile , thou shalt take him from mine al- tar , that he may die . ' You see , then , that I am justly deserving of the sentence pronounced upon me by the laws of God and of man , and that I am a great sinner ...
... neighbour , to slay him with guile , thou shalt take him from mine al- tar , that he may die . ' You see , then , that I am justly deserving of the sentence pronounced upon me by the laws of God and of man , and that I am a great sinner ...
Page 72
... neighbour- hood who taught a little school , and from whom she was to learn to read , and knit stockings . She learned , in addition , what was far more useful to her than all the other learning in the world would have been for the good ...
... neighbour- hood who taught a little school , and from whom she was to learn to read , and knit stockings . She learned , in addition , what was far more useful to her than all the other learning in the world would have been for the good ...
Page 95
... neighbours on the many vir- tues of the deceased , she looked through her tears at Mary's beauty , and remarked that the only fault her husband could be accused of , was a propensity to anticipate misfortune , and to consider the ...
... neighbours on the many vir- tues of the deceased , she looked through her tears at Mary's beauty , and remarked that the only fault her husband could be accused of , was a propensity to anticipate misfortune , and to consider the ...
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