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Or , “ Your honour will be come frae the house o ' Pouderloupat ? " But when the
voice of the querist alone was distinguishable , the response usually was , “
Where are ye coming frae at sic a time o ' night as the like o ' this ? " - or , “ Ye ' ll
no ...
Or , “ Your honour will be come frae the house o ' Pouderloupat ? " But when the
voice of the querist alone was distinguishable , the response usually was , “
Where are ye coming frae at sic a time o ' night as the like o ' this ? " - or , “ Ye ' ll
no ...
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He had the honour of knighthood conferred upon him by his most sacred majesty
, and was sequestrated as a malignant by the parliament , 1642 , and afterwards
as a resolutioner , in the year 1648 . ” — These two cross - grained epithets of ...
He had the honour of knighthood conferred upon him by his most sacred majesty
, and was sequestrated as a malignant by the parliament , 1642 , and afterwards
as a resolutioner , in the year 1648 . ” — These two cross - grained epithets of ...
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But what he gained in purse , he lost in honour , for such agricultural and
commercial negotiations were very ill looked upon by his brother lairds , who
minded nothing but cock - fighting , hunting , coursing , and horse - racing , with
now and ...
But what he gained in purse , he lost in honour , for such agricultural and
commercial negotiations were very ill looked upon by his brother lairds , who
minded nothing but cock - fighting , hunting , coursing , and horse - racing , with
now and ...
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I cannot weel sleep , " said the Laird , with the anxious feelings of a father in such
a predicament , " till I hear she ' s gotten ower with it - and if you , sir , are not very
sleepry , and would do me and the Dominie the honour to sit up wi ' us , I am ...
I cannot weel sleep , " said the Laird , with the anxious feelings of a father in such
a predicament , " till I hear she ' s gotten ower with it - and if you , sir , are not very
sleepry , and would do me and the Dominie the honour to sit up wi ' us , I am ...
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The principal and his agent divided the honour ; the reward fell to the latter
exclusively . Mr . Gilbert Glossin was made clerk of the peace , and Godfrey
Bertram had his name inserted in a new commission of justices , issued
immediately upon ...
The principal and his agent divided the honour ; the reward fell to the latter
exclusively . Mr . Gilbert Glossin was made clerk of the peace , and Godfrey
Bertram had his name inserted in a new commission of justices , issued
immediately upon ...
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