The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last Additions and Illustrations, Volume 4Conner & Cooke, 1833 |
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... George Heriot has secured by the lasting benefits he has bestowed on his country . It appeared likely , that out of this simple plot I might weave something attractive ; because the reign of James I. , in which George Heriot flourished ...
... George Heriot has secured by the lasting benefits he has bestowed on his country . It appeared likely , that out of this simple plot I might weave something attractive ; because the reign of James I. , in which George Heriot flourished ...
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... George ? Why , every thing ails me ! I profess to you that a man may as well live in Fairyland as in the Ward of Farring- don - Without . My apprentices are turned into mere goblins - they appear and disappear like spunkies , and have ...
... George ? Why , every thing ails me ! I profess to you that a man may as well live in Fairyland as in the Ward of Farring- don - Without . My apprentices are turned into mere goblins - they appear and disappear like spunkies , and have ...
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... George , addressing his coun-. tained him in his chair . The patient next looked round him for a moment , and then said faintly , in his broad northern language- " What sort of usage ca ' ye this , gentlemen , to a stranger , a sojourner ...
... George , addressing his coun-. tained him in his chair . The patient next looked round him for a moment , and then said faintly , in his broad northern language- " What sort of usage ca ' ye this , gentlemen , to a stranger , a sojourner ...
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... George , addressing his coun- | Master George shook it heartily , while Jenkin and tryman , “ will call at my house to - morrow morning , Frank exchanged sly looks with each other . agreeable to this direction . " Richie Moniplies would ...
... George , addressing his coun- | Master George shook it heartily , while Jenkin and tryman , “ will call at my house to - morrow morning , Frank exchanged sly looks with each other . agreeable to this direction . " Richie Moniplies would ...
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... George Heriot . - This excellent person was but little known by his actions when alive , but we may well use , in this particular , the striking phrase of Scripture , " that being dead he yet speak- eth . " We have already mentioned ...
... George Heriot . - This excellent person was but little known by his actions when alive , but we may well use , in this particular , the striking phrase of Scripture , " that being dead he yet speak- eth . " We have already mentioned ...
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