Waverley Novels: From the Last Rev. Ed., Containing the Author's Final Corrections, Notes, &c, Volumen 12S.H. Parker and B.B. Mussey, 1852 |
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... matter , by an eye - witness , seems to have been sub- jected to some unusual severities , in order to compel him to plead . The words are these : " JOHN Gow would not plead , for which he was brought to the bar , and the Judge ordered ...
... matter , by an eye - witness , seems to have been sub- jected to some unusual severities , in order to compel him to plead . The words are these : " JOHN Gow would not plead , for which he was brought to the bar , and the Judge ordered ...
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... . For one of us to live at Jarlshof , were a wild scheme enough , but you , who are from another country , whether English , Scotch , or Irish , no one can tell " - 2 VOL . I. " Nor does it greatly matter , " said Mertoun THE PIRATE . 13.
... . For one of us to live at Jarlshof , were a wild scheme enough , but you , who are from another country , whether English , Scotch , or Irish , no one can tell " - 2 VOL . I. " Nor does it greatly matter , " said Mertoun THE PIRATE . 13.
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... matter , " said Mertoun , somewhat abruptly . " Not a herring's scale , " answered the Laird ; " only that I like you the better for being no Scot , as I trust you are not one . Hither they have come like the clack - geese -every ...
... matter , " said Mertoun , somewhat abruptly . " Not a herring's scale , " answered the Laird ; " only that I like you the better for being no Scot , as I trust you are not one . Hither they have come like the clack - geese -every ...
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... matter ; but by this time Mr. Mertoun had worked up his passions into an ungov- ernable rage , and with one hand he threw the money at the fisherman's head , while with the other he pelted him out of the apartment with his own fish ...
... matter ; but by this time Mr. Mertoun had worked up his passions into an ungov- ernable rage , and with one hand he threw the money at the fisherman's head , while with the other he pelted him out of the apartment with his own fish ...
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... matter which ought not to be discuss- ed at the conclusion of a chapter . CHAPTER III . " O , Bessy Bell and Mary Gray , They were twa bonnie lasses ; They biggit a house on yon burn - brae , And theekit it ower wi ' rashes . Fair Bessy ...
... matter which ought not to be discuss- ed at the conclusion of a chapter . CHAPTER III . " O , Bessy Bell and Mary Gray , They were twa bonnie lasses ; They biggit a house on yon burn - brae , And theekit it ower wi ' rashes . Fair Bessy ...
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