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... whole value of his estate . But as it is not our intention to fatigue the reader with any very circumstantial account of the state of the laird's family , we shall pass over , with all expedient brevity , the domestic his- tory of ...
... whole value of his estate . But as it is not our intention to fatigue the reader with any very circumstantial account of the state of the laird's family , we shall pass over , with all expedient brevity , the domestic his- tory of ...
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... whole days without speaking , and without even noticing the kitten - like gambols of his grandson ; at others he would fondle over the child , and caress him with more than a grandfather's affection ; again , he would peevishly brush ...
... whole days without speaking , and without even noticing the kitten - like gambols of his grandson ; at others he would fondle over the child , and caress him with more than a grandfather's affection ; again , he would peevishly brush ...
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... whole breadth o ' the Trongate - ye would hae seen something . They were nane o ' your new - made leddies , but come o ' a pedi- gree . Foul would hae been the gait , and drooking the shower , that would hae gart them jook their heads ...
... whole breadth o ' the Trongate - ye would hae seen something . They were nane o ' your new - made leddies , but come o ' a pedi- gree . Foul would hae been the gait , and drooking the shower , that would hae gart them jook their heads ...
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... whole business , and was , there- fore , not embarrassed with any virgin palpitations , nor blush- ing anxieties ; on the contrary , she met him with the ease and freedom of an old acquaintance . It might here be naturally expected that ...
... whole business , and was , there- fore , not embarrassed with any virgin palpitations , nor blush- ing anxieties ; on the contrary , she met him with the ease and freedom of an old acquaintance . It might here be naturally expected that ...
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... whole clanjamphry from all the neighbouring parishes -assembled on the green in front of the house . The laird in his lifetime maintained a rough and free hospi- tality ; and , as his kindred and acquaintance expected , there was ...
... whole clanjamphry from all the neighbouring parishes -assembled on the green in front of the house . The laird in his lifetime maintained a rough and free hospi- tality ; and , as his kindred and acquaintance expected , there was ...
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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.