Life ...Houghton, Mifflin, 1874 - 208 pages |
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Page 13
... come down , putting her plaid aside and rising . Had Solomon , in all his glory , been handing down the Queen of Sheba at his palace gate , he could not have done it more daintily , more tenderly , more like a gentleman , than did James ...
... come down , putting her plaid aside and rising . Had Solomon , in all his glory , been handing down the Queen of Sheba at his palace gate , he could not have done it more daintily , more tenderly , more like a gentleman , than did James ...
Page 16
... comes Ailie ; one look at her quiets and abates the eager students . That beautiful old woman is too much for them ; they sit down , and are dumb , and gaze at her . These rough boys feel the power of her presence . She walks in quickly ...
... comes Ailie ; one look at her quiets and abates the eager students . That beautiful old woman is too much for them ; they sit down , and are dumb , and gaze at her . These rough boys feel the power of her presence . She walks in quickly ...
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... come again ; I returned , thinking of that company going up Libberton Brae , then along Roslin Muir , the morning light touching the Pentlands and making them like on - looking ghosts ; then down the hill through Auch- indinny woods ...
... come again ; I returned , thinking of that company going up Libberton Brae , then along Roslin Muir , the morning light touching the Pentlands and making them like on - looking ghosts ; then down the hill through Auch- indinny woods ...
Page 25
... come oot . I tempit him wi ' kail and meat , but he wad tak naething , and keepit me frae feedin ' the beast , and he was aye gur gurrin ' , and grup gruppin ' me by the legs . I was laith to make awa wi ' the auld dowg , his like wasna ...
... come oot . I tempit him wi ' kail and meat , but he wad tak naething , and keepit me frae feedin ' the beast , and he was aye gur gurrin ' , and grup gruppin ' me by the legs . I was laith to make awa wi ' the auld dowg , his like wasna ...
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... come in and sit down ; though I hope that some abstract impulse of humanity , some compassionate and unselfish care for the man's misfortunes as misfor- tunes , was not wholly wanting . Indeed , the helpless simplicity with which he had ...
... come in and sit down ; though I hope that some abstract impulse of humanity , some compassionate and unselfish care for the man's misfortunes as misfor- tunes , was not wholly wanting . Indeed , the helpless simplicity with which he had ...
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