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... seen by visitors , instead of hiding it behind the traverse in this manner . The existence of the said traverse , or temporary parti- tion , is also extremely difficult to be accounted for , if the common and ordinary tradition be ...
... seen by visitors , instead of hiding it behind the traverse in this manner . The existence of the said traverse , or temporary parti- tion , is also extremely difficult to be accounted for , if the common and ordinary tradition be ...
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... seen among the throng , the wearers of these warlike distinc- tions were more rude in their demeanour than the quiet citizens . More than once , when from chance , or per- haps from an assumption of superior importance , such an ...
... seen among the throng , the wearers of these warlike distinc- tions were more rude in their demeanour than the quiet citizens . More than once , when from chance , or per- haps from an assumption of superior importance , such an ...
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... seen many a river besides Tay , and many a fair bigging besides St. Johnston . ' ' But none that I like half so well , and none that are half so much worth my liking , ' answered the smith . ' I promise you , father , that , when I ...
... seen many a river besides Tay , and many a fair bigging besides St. Johnston . ' ' But none that I like half so well , and none that are half so much worth my liking , ' answered the smith . ' I promise you , father , that , when I ...
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... seen your daughter till I had donn'd the new jerkin which was made at Berwick after the latest cut ; nor would I have appeared before her with these weapons , which she dislikes so much . Although , to say truth , so many are at deadly ...
... seen your daughter till I had donn'd the new jerkin which was made at Berwick after the latest cut ; nor would I have appeared before her with these weapons , which she dislikes so much . Although , to say truth , so many are at deadly ...
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... seen thee bold enough with other wenches , wherefore so still and tongue - tied with her ? ' ' Because she is something different from other maidens , father Glover - because she is not only more beautiful , but wiser , higher , holier ...
... seen thee bold enough with other wenches , wherefore so still and tongue - tied with her ? ' ' Because she is something different from other maidens , father Glover - because she is not only more beautiful , but wiser , higher , holier ...
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Page 203 - Cameron's gathering" rose, The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard,— and heard, too, have her Saxon foes; How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their...
Page 111 - Have a care he does not hear you say so,' said the smith. 'I tell thee, bonnet-maker, that there is more danger in yonder slight wasted anatomy than in twenty stout fellows like yourself.
Page 304 - LANG hae thought, my youthfu' friend, A something to have sent you, Tho' it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps, it may turn out a sang, Perhaps, turn out a sermon.
Page 49 - Each robber chief upheld his armed halls, Doing his evil will, nor less elate Than mightier heroes of a longer date. What want these outlaws conquerors should have? But History's purchased page to call them great? A wider space, an ornamented grave? Their hopes were not less warm, their souls were full as brave.
Page 460 - What's property ? dear Swift ! you see it alter From you to me, from me to Peter Walter; Or, in a mortgage, prove a lawyer's share; Or, in a jointure, vanish from the heir...