Tales of the Scottish PeasantryR. Carter, 1847 - 321 pages |
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Page 17
... things attracted his atten- tion , and excited his desire ; here the showman displayed his wonders , and harangued to the astonishment of his little audience ; there a stand of sweetmeats drew the longing eyes of the childish group ...
... things attracted his atten- tion , and excited his desire ; here the showman displayed his wonders , and harangued to the astonishment of his little audience ; there a stand of sweetmeats drew the longing eyes of the childish group ...
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... thing whether he intercept the money in its way to the treasury , or break into the treasury chamber , and carry it off after it is collected . The infamous nature of this practice will appear still more clearly , if we consider that it ...
... thing whether he intercept the money in its way to the treasury , or break into the treasury chamber , and carry it off after it is collected . The infamous nature of this practice will appear still more clearly , if we consider that it ...
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... thing to offer for the bill he had abstracted . With this view , on Thursday , the 16th April , 1807 , his mother - in - law being in Dumfries , he engaged her to apply for a trifling sum which was owing to him by some person in the ...
... thing to offer for the bill he had abstracted . With this view , on Thursday , the 16th April , 1807 , his mother - in - law being in Dumfries , he engaged her to apply for a trifling sum which was owing to him by some person in the ...
Page 55
... thing more satisfied with his answers than before : I then observed to him , that a deceived heart had turned him ... things , raised it quickly , and fastening his eyes on me , in seeming alarm and amazement , said , ' Do you think so ...
... thing more satisfied with his answers than before : I then observed to him , that a deceived heart had turned him ... things , raised it quickly , and fastening his eyes on me , in seeming alarm and amazement , said , ' Do you think so ...
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... things . His hopes were now directed to " the blood of sprinkling , which speaketh better things than that of Abel ; " and C sleep ; For , ' says he , I know not what to do . ' I told him , that , as a guilty sinner , he ought to ...
... things . His hopes were now directed to " the blood of sprinkling , which speaketh better things than that of Abel ; " and C sleep ; For , ' says he , I know not what to do . ' I told him , that , as a guilty sinner , he ought to ...
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