Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 75W. Blackwood & Sons, 1854 - Scotland |
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... London , Shafi Khan. give an account of their wanderings and adventures is one of the most amusing we remember to have read relating to Persia . Its thousand close pages comprise an agreeable medley of antiquarian researches , sketches ...
... London , Shafi Khan. give an account of their wanderings and adventures is one of the most amusing we remember to have read relating to Persia . Its thousand close pages comprise an agreeable medley of antiquarian researches , sketches ...
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... London if the mistress ga'e you triple your wage , " said Nelly , " and that you would recommend her to a younger lass . My auntie , Marget Panton , even gaed the length to say that ye had been heard to mention my name ; but I wouldna ...
... London if the mistress ga'e you triple your wage , " said Nelly , " and that you would recommend her to a younger lass . My auntie , Marget Panton , even gaed the length to say that ye had been heard to mention my name ; but I wouldna ...
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... London - fleech up the mis- tress - wait upon Miss Menie ! My patience ! —and you'll ca ' a decent woman thrawn to me ! Gang out of this house , ye shadow ! the sight of you's enough to thraw ony mortal temper . Your mother , honest wo ...
... London - fleech up the mis- tress - wait upon Miss Menie ! My patience ! —and you'll ca ' a decent woman thrawn to me ! Gang out of this house , ye shadow ! the sight of you's enough to thraw ony mortal temper . Your mother , honest wo ...
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... London by sea . " Menie did not trust herself to ex- press in words the excitement of hope and pleasure with which she heard this great and momentous change brought down into a matter of sober everyday arrangement ; but it was not ...
... London by sea . " Menie did not trust herself to ex- press in words the excitement of hope and pleasure with which she heard this great and momentous change brought down into a matter of sober everyday arrangement ; but it was not ...
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... London . Strange things happen in this world , " continued Menie's mother , drawing herself up with a little conscious pride and pique , which the accompanying smile showed her own half amusement with . " There's young Walter Wellwood ...
... London . Strange things happen in this world , " continued Menie's mother , drawing herself up with a little conscious pride and pique , which the accompanying smile showed her own half amusement with . " There's young Walter Wellwood ...
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