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Page 50
... party as possible ; and im- mediately went to work , making votes , as every Scotish lawyer knows how , by splitting and subdi- viding the superiorities upon this ancient and once powerful barony . These were so extensive , that by dint ...
... party as possible ; and im- mediately went to work , making votes , as every Scotish lawyer knows how , by splitting and subdi- viding the superiorities upon this ancient and once powerful barony . These were so extensive , that by dint ...
Page 52
... party cabal . He commanded his trusty aid - de - camp , Dominie Sampson , to read aloud the commission ; and at the first words , ' The king has been pleased to appoint'- ' Pleased ! ' ex- claimed he , in a transport of gratitude ...
... party cabal . He commanded his trusty aid - de - camp , Dominie Sampson , to read aloud the commission ; and at the first words , ' The king has been pleased to appoint'- ' Pleased ! ' ex- claimed he , in a transport of gratitude ...
Page 59
... parties , wormed his dogs , and cut the ears of his terrier puppies ; the children gathered nuts in the woods , and crane - ber- ries in the moss , and mushrooms upon the pastures , for tribute to the Place . These acts of voluntary ...
... parties , wormed his dogs , and cut the ears of his terrier puppies ; the children gathered nuts in the woods , and crane - ber- ries in the moss , and mushrooms upon the pastures , for tribute to the Place . These acts of voluntary ...
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... party scam- pering ; and thus commenced the first breach of peace between the house of Ellangowan and the gipsies of Derncleugh . The latter could not for some time imagine that the war was real , until they found that their chil- dren ...
... party scam- pering ; and thus commenced the first breach of peace between the house of Ellangowan and the gipsies of Derncleugh . The latter could not for some time imagine that the war was real , until they found that their chil- dren ...
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Walter Scott. of the Laird's people who knew the country , and by a party of military , poured down upon the kegs , bales , and bags , and , after a desperate affray , in which severe wounds were given and received , suc- ceeded in ...
Walter Scott. of the Laird's people who knew the country , and by a party of military , poured down upon the kegs , bales , and bags , and , after a desperate affray , in which severe wounds were given and received , suc- ceeded in ...
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