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Page 13
... called on Claud to congratulate him on the recovery of so much of his family inheritance . 66 I hear , ” said the laird , on entering the shop , and proffering his hand across the counter , " that ye hae gotten a sappy bar- gain o ' the ...
... called on Claud to congratulate him on the recovery of so much of his family inheritance . 66 I hear , ” said the laird , on entering the shop , and proffering his hand across the counter , " that ye hae gotten a sappy bar- gain o ' the ...
Page 18
... called in consequence a canter ; ) and Claud dragged the terrier at his whip - string end , like an angler who has hooked a salmon that he cannot raise out of the water , until he met with Johnny Drizen , the Ayr carrier , coming on his ...
... called in consequence a canter ; ) and Claud dragged the terrier at his whip - string end , like an angler who has hooked a salmon that he cannot raise out of the water , until he met with Johnny Drizen , the Ayr carrier , coming on his ...
Page 21
... called by the neighbouring cottars , with Miss Girzy , came out to be intro- duced to their relative . Whether the leddy , a pale , pensive , delicate woman , had been informed by the laird of the object of Claud's visit , we do not ...
... called by the neighbouring cottars , with Miss Girzy , came out to be intro- duced to their relative . Whether the leddy , a pale , pensive , delicate woman , had been informed by the laird of the object of Claud's visit , we do not ...
Page 60
... called , he was rebuking his young men on account of the cruelty of a contrivance they had made to catch a thief that was in the nocturnal practice of opening the window of their office , to take away what small change they were so ...
... called , he was rebuking his young men on account of the cruelty of a contrivance they had made to catch a thief that was in the nocturnal practice of opening the window of their office , to take away what small change they were so ...
Page 61
... called an instrument , as it hadna the pith o ' a windlestrae to bind the property — and over and aboon that , the bodie has lang had his back to the wa ' wi ' the ' poplexy ; so that I maun put my trust in this affair into your hands ...
... called an instrument , as it hadna the pith o ' a windlestrae to bind the property — and over and aboon that , the bodie has lang had his back to the wa ' wi ' the ' poplexy ; so that I maun put my trust in this affair into your hands ...
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Page 68 - Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
Page 68 - And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.