Tales of the Scottish PeasantryR. Carter, 1847 - 321 pages |
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Page 11
... turn ; and if at any time he 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 ...
... turn ; and if at any time he 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 ...
Page 44
... turn , Williamson went into the house , where he remained some minutes . Smith , in the meantime , going forward to a rising ground , threw himself down on the stone fence by the road side , and delivered himself up to all the horror of ...
... turn , Williamson went into the house , where he remained some minutes . Smith , in the meantime , going forward to a rising ground , threw himself down on the stone fence by the road side , and delivered himself up to all the horror of ...
Page 54
... turning thanks to the judge and jury for the manner in which the trial had been conducted . Being taken back to prison , he dedicated the remaining days of his life almost entirely to the duties of devotion . In these pious exercises ...
... turning thanks to the judge and jury for the manner in which the trial had been conducted . Being taken back to prison , he dedicated the remaining days of his life almost entirely to the duties of devotion . In these pious exercises ...
Page 75
... Bible every morn- ing , she now hoped to turn that circumstance to great advantage . She therefore carefully selected such passages of holy writ as seemed to her to strike most forcibly against the sinful habit JANE MORTON . 75.
... Bible every morn- ing , she now hoped to turn that circumstance to great advantage . She therefore carefully selected such passages of holy writ as seemed to her to strike most forcibly against the sinful habit JANE MORTON . 75.
Page 81
... turn his anger upon myself , " said Jane , " but I cannot without telling a falsehood . " " You know , " returned ... turning to the 12th chapter of St. Luke's Gospel , she read as follows : " And I say unto you , my friends , be not ...
... turn his anger upon myself , " said Jane , " but I cannot without telling a falsehood . " " You know , " returned ... turning to the 12th chapter of St. Luke's Gospel , she read as follows : " And I say unto you , my friends , be not ...
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