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... laird of the line , deluded by the golden visions that allured so many of the Scottish gentry to embark their ... laird's family , we shall pass over , with all expedient brevity , the domestic his- tory of Claud's childhood . He was ...
... laird of the line , deluded by the golden visions that allured so many of the Scottish gentry to embark their ... laird's family , we shall pass over , with all expedient brevity , the domestic his- tory of Claud's childhood . He was ...
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... laird had not been long settled in his seques- tered and humble town - retreat , when a change became visible both in his appearance and manners . He had been formerly bustling , vigorous , hearty , and social ; but from the first ...
... laird had not been long settled in his seques- tered and humble town - retreat , when a change became visible both in his appearance and manners . He had been formerly bustling , vigorous , hearty , and social ; but from the first ...
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... laird , poor bodie , sin ' he was rookit by the Darien . Eh ! what an alteration it was to Mrs Walkinshaw , his gudedochter . She was a bonny bodie ; but frae the time o ' the sore news , she croynt awa , and her life gaed out like the ...
... laird , poor bodie , sin ' he was rookit by the Darien . Eh ! what an alteration it was to Mrs Walkinshaw , his gudedochter . She was a bonny bodie ; but frae the time o ' the sore news , she croynt awa , and her life gaed out like the ...
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... laird of Plealands . They were in some degree related , and he had been led to think of her from an incident which occurred on the day he made the purchase . Her father was at the time in Glasgow attending the Circuit ; for , as often ...
... laird of Plealands . They were in some degree related , and he had been led to think of her from an incident which occurred on the day he made the purchase . Her father was at the time in Glasgow attending the Circuit ; for , as often ...
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... laird — me even mysel ' to your dochter ! Na , na , Plealands , that canna be thought o ' now a days . But , no to make a ridicule of sic a solemn concern , it's vera true that , hadna my grandfather , when he was grown doited , sent ...
... laird — me even mysel ' to your dochter ! Na , na , Plealands , that canna be thought o ' now a days . But , no to make a ridicule of sic a solemn concern , it's vera true that , hadna my grandfather , when he was grown doited , sent ...
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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.