Paul Jones : a Romance, Volume 3Oliver & Boyd, 1826 |
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... Macgubb , after a fruitless attempt to wash the stains of the battle from his dress and hands , look- ed at himself from head to foot , and muttered , " Aweel , fancy's all ! There's Tibbie Fowler , wha broke the hearts of three ...
... Macgubb , after a fruitless attempt to wash the stains of the battle from his dress and hands , look- ed at himself from head to foot , and muttered , " Aweel , fancy's all ! There's Tibbie Fowler , wha broke the hearts of three ...
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... Mac- gubb of the Mull , whose father was an elder of the parish , and whose uncle rung the kirk - bell . " A French ... Macgubb ! you will so love the fair dames of France , -they are lovely , -dark - eyed , and free - witted , and what ...
... Mac- gubb of the Mull , whose father was an elder of the parish , and whose uncle rung the kirk - bell . " A French ... Macgubb ! you will so love the fair dames of France , -they are lovely , -dark - eyed , and free - witted , and what ...
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... Macgubb , " said the patient Frenchman , " this Jenny - what - do - you - call - her -Ewbanks ? is a shiner , a rosy dame ; but then the madams of my country , they are the world's mar- vels , with their looks so bright and their locks ...
... Macgubb , " said the patient Frenchman , " this Jenny - what - do - you - call - her -Ewbanks ? is a shiner , a rosy dame ; but then the madams of my country , they are the world's mar- vels , with their looks so bright and their locks ...
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... Macgubb , when the splendid scene before him had silenced the lo- quacious Scot , who , with his hands held over his eyes , and standing on a dismounted cannon , sur- veyed a country which one may see often , and still think fair and ...
... Macgubb , when the splendid scene before him had silenced the lo- quacious Scot , who , with his hands held over his eyes , and standing on a dismounted cannon , sur- veyed a country which one may see often , and still think fair and ...
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... Macgubb , you hold a strange opinion about the beauty of nature , you prefer a bramble to an olive - tree , and sour sloes to drop - ripe grapes . But what say you to our palaces and cities ? -Has your bleak land a city like that ...
... Macgubb , you hold a strange opinion about the beauty of nature , you prefer a bramble to an olive - tree , and sour sloes to drop - ripe grapes . But what say you to our palaces and cities ? -Has your bleak land a city like that ...
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