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Page 92 - Isabel, I suppose you mean," answered the Smith. " Ay — Isabel, or Jezabel, — all the same, you know. But here comes Bailie Craigdallie at last, with that poor, creeping, cowardly creature, the Pottingar.
Page 411 - 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.
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| Title | The Handy Volume "Waverly" ...: The fair maid of Perth Handy-volume editions Volume 22 of The Handy Volume "Waverly", Walter Scott |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Publisher | Bradbury, Agnew, 1877 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 Feb 2008 |
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