Elizabeth de Bruce, Volume 2Blackwood, 1827 |
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... Laird of Monkshaugh must be infallible in all affairs of etiquette , and therefore applied to him in his present difficulty . Frisel turned and twisted the card round and round with a look of self - satisfied intelligence , and replied ...
... Laird of Monkshaugh must be infallible in all affairs of etiquette , and therefore applied to him in his present difficulty . Frisel turned and twisted the card round and round with a look of self - satisfied intelligence , and replied ...
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... Laird o ' Monkshaugh's custody and keeping . It cannot be muckle , considering my small fee , and the lang , dour sickness o ' my auld mither ; but as I am entering , with the Lord's blessing , on a family 46 ELIZABETH DE BRUCE .
... Laird o ' Monkshaugh's custody and keeping . It cannot be muckle , considering my small fee , and the lang , dour sickness o ' my auld mither ; but as I am entering , with the Lord's blessing , on a family 46 ELIZABETH DE BRUCE .
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... Laird has twenty times told ye to call the brute Saladin , " said Frisel . " Has the Laird of Monkshaugh sârved , I should be glad to know ? " inquired the trooper with a swell of dignity ; and he proceeded . " The Flanders cocks were ...
... Laird has twenty times told ye to call the brute Saladin , " said Frisel . " Has the Laird of Monkshaugh sârved , I should be glad to know ? " inquired the trooper with a swell of dignity ; and he proceeded . " The Flanders cocks were ...
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... Laird's humour . While he sat at breakfast with his fair guest on the morning following her visit to Fugal's hermitage , the voices of Effie and the Whittret were heard , in open , indecorous , and out- rageous clamour . Off went the ...
... Laird's humour . While he sat at breakfast with his fair guest on the morning following her visit to Fugal's hermitage , the voices of Effie and the Whittret were heard , in open , indecorous , and out- rageous clamour . Off went the ...
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... Laird's heart turned cold with secret dread ; but his pride angrily answered " Positive . " " Then I do not know where ye'll be sae weel , Monkshaugh . Ye've been lang accustomed to The Place . For my ain part I have no thought o ...
... Laird's heart turned cold with secret dread ; but his pride angrily answered " Positive . " " Then I do not know where ye'll be sae weel , Monkshaugh . Ye've been lang accustomed to The Place . For my ain part I have no thought o ...
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