Elizabeth de Bruce, by the author of Clan-Albin |
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... laird's being burned for a wizard , even in those superstitious times . The Whittret , if not a real fairy man , of which there were shrewd suspi- cions in the hamlet of Castleburn , was at least a foundling reared in his master's ...
... laird's being burned for a wizard , even in those superstitious times . The Whittret , if not a real fairy man , of which there were shrewd suspi- cions in the hamlet of Castleburn , was at least a foundling reared in his master's ...
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... laird himself , without stinting her of the emoluments , exercised all the real authority of the office . + " Is the Laird no busket yet ? " said A FAMILY GROUP . 35.
... laird himself , without stinting her of the emoluments , exercised all the real authority of the office . + " Is the Laird no busket yet ? " said A FAMILY GROUP . 35.
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Christian Isobel Johnstone. " Is the Laird no busket yet ? " said she . " That weary wig o ' his ! " - The Laird's morning toilet was as tedious and elaborate as that of a French lady of the old regime , before the guillotine taught ...
Christian Isobel Johnstone. " Is the Laird no busket yet ? " said she . " That weary wig o ' his ! " - The Laird's morning toilet was as tedious and elaborate as that of a French lady of the old regime , before the guillotine taught ...
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Christian Isobel Johnstone. cept the year the Laird bound ye to Lowrie La- brod the tailor , and when ye took the pet and ran off to list i the Loudons . Pity ye are o ' sic scrimp stature , Francie , with your bauld soger - spirit ...
Christian Isobel Johnstone. cept the year the Laird bound ye to Lowrie La- brod the tailor , and when ye took the pet and ran off to list i the Loudons . Pity ye are o ' sic scrimp stature , Francie , with your bauld soger - spirit ...
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... laird of Monkshaugh , were such as , when in decent order , very well suited his rank and pro- fession . A full suit of priests - grey coarse cloth , made with ample allowance of skirt , sleeve and pocket flap- " made for his growing ...
... laird of Monkshaugh , were such as , when in decent order , very well suited his rank and pro- fession . A full suit of priests - grey coarse cloth , made with ample allowance of skirt , sleeve and pocket flap- " made for his growing ...
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Aileen auld Baby Strang bairn beth blessed blood bonnie called Cambuskenneth Captain Wolfe Castleburn Chaunette cried Deacon dean wood dear Delancy door Edinburgh Effie Effie's Eliza Elizabeth de Bruce Ernescraig eyes fair fear feelings frae Francie Frisel Fugal gentleman gi'e Gideon Haliburton grey gude ha'e hand Harletillum haugh head hear heard heart Holyrood honest honour hour Hutchen Jacky Jacobina Jenny Geddes John Hurcheon Juliana keep kind Lady Harriette Lady Tamtallan ladyship Laird landlady lass lassie laughing lips look Lord de Bruce maiden mair maun mind minister Miss Miss Jacky Monica Monks Monkshaugh morning mother never night O'Connor Oran owre poor puir Rantletree replied round shew Slattery smile Sourholes spirit sure tell thing thought tion tone voice weel whispered Whittret wife window Wolfe Grahame woman word young
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Página 93 - King for ever and ever, and the heathen are perished out of the land. 19 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the poor ; thou preparest their heart, and thine ear hearkeneth thereto : 20 To help the fatherless and poor unto their right, that the man of the earth be no more exalted against them.
Página 309 - Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, Men were deceivers ever, One foot in sea, and one on shore, To one thing constant never. Then sigh not so, But let them go, And be you blithe and bonny. Converting all your sounds of woe Into Hey nonny, nonny.
Página 321 - O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
Página 126 - And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
Página 206 - ... speculative remembrance is only to call to mind the history of such a person and his sufferings ; that Christ was once put to death in the flesh. An affectionate remembrance is when we so call Christ and his death to our minds as to feel the powerful impressions thereof upon our hearts. Thus, "Peter remembered the word of the Lord, and went out, and wept bitterly.
Página 345 - Do my face (If thou had'st ever feeling of a sorrow) Thus, thus, Antiphila : strive to make me look Like Sorrow's monument ; and the trees about me, Let them be dry and leafless ; let the rocks Groan with continual surges ; and behind me, Make all a desolation.
Página 286 - I know each lane, and every alley green, Dingle, or bushy dell of this wild wood, And every bosky bourn from side to side...
Página 17 - And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
Página 321 - All ye that are about him, bemoan him ; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod...
Página 168 - Those who go down to the sea in ships, and see the wonders of the great deep, have much to thole as well as to see, Captain Wolfe.