Tales of the Scottish PeasantryR. Carter, 1847 - 321 pages |
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Page 11
... transgressed the prescribed limits he was under the necessity of giving the most minute account of the reasons for his stay . On such occasions , the truth was extracted from him by a very singular expedient . As MAITLAND SMITH . 11.
... transgressed the prescribed limits he was under the necessity of giving the most minute account of the reasons for his stay . On such occasions , the truth was extracted from him by a very singular expedient . As MAITLAND SMITH . 11.
Page 14
... reason to repent his folly , and occasion to remark the fatal effect of adding fuel to a temper already too in- flammable . At B- there was a kitchen garden , surrounded by an impenetrable thorn hedge . In this garden there were many ...
... reason to repent his folly , and occasion to remark the fatal effect of adding fuel to a temper already too in- flammable . At B- there was a kitchen garden , surrounded by an impenetrable thorn hedge . In this garden there were many ...
Page 20
... reason , and an intercourse with the world , enabled him , in some measure , to curb the excessive violence of his passions , and to prevent them , on common oc- casions , from bursting forth with such irresisti- ble fury . We need not ...
... reason , and an intercourse with the world , enabled him , in some measure , to curb the excessive violence of his passions , and to prevent them , on common oc- casions , from bursting forth with such irresisti- ble fury . We need not ...
Page 35
... reason . Smith's wife had long observed his growing disease , though she knew not the immediate cause . She had made many unsuccessful at- tempts to gain his confidence , and watched with anxiety all his motions . At last , being no ...
... reason . Smith's wife had long observed his growing disease , though she knew not the immediate cause . She had made many unsuccessful at- tempts to gain his confidence , and watched with anxiety all his motions . At last , being no ...
Page 37
... reason was over ; the last warning voice of Providence was uttered , —and everything , from this time , conspired to urge him on to the fatal deed . It may be remembered , that the unhappy man had purchased a brace of pistols , with the ...
... reason was over ; the last warning voice of Providence was uttered , —and everything , from this time , conspired to urge him on to the fatal deed . It may be remembered , that the unhappy man had purchased a brace of pistols , with the ...
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