Elizabeth de Bruce, Volume 2Blackwood, 1827 |
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Page 44
... Lizbeth's lost thread , " insisted on having in hard black specie . On this third embassy , Effie plodded towards Castleburn , " not in her best Sabbath things , " but in her se- cond best " decent " -she said , " but not gaudy ...
... Lizbeth's lost thread , " insisted on having in hard black specie . On this third embassy , Effie plodded towards Castleburn , " not in her best Sabbath things , " but in her se- cond best " decent " -she said , " but not gaudy ...
Page 57
... Lizbeth , " as he styled her , besides being a " fine ' ooman , " was , moreover , the only person in the neighbourhood , except himself , who could speak a word of what he called " high English . " Nothing , in reality , could be more ...
... Lizbeth , " as he styled her , besides being a " fine ' ooman , " was , moreover , the only person in the neighbourhood , except himself , who could speak a word of what he called " high English . " Nothing , in reality , could be more ...
Page 58
... Lizbeth , would ha'e been thankful of worse quarters in Flanders - d'ye take me ? Every man sleeping at his bridle - rein , knee - deep in water— ready to spring at the cry- ' Boot and saddle . ' " So I have heard you tell , Corporal ...
... Lizbeth , would ha'e been thankful of worse quarters in Flanders - d'ye take me ? Every man sleeping at his bridle - rein , knee - deep in water— ready to spring at the cry- ' Boot and saddle . ' " So I have heard you tell , Corporal ...
Page 59
... Lizbeth - then came the rous- ing craw making a man's heart thump like the cry of Mount and away . " " 6 " I could twist their scraighin necks whiles— baith at The Place down yonder , and mair especial up at Ernescraig Tower ; " and ...
... Lizbeth - then came the rous- ing craw making a man's heart thump like the cry of Mount and away . " " 6 " I could twist their scraighin necks whiles— baith at The Place down yonder , and mair especial up at Ernescraig Tower ; " and ...
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... Lizbeth ? " The shake of Elizabeth's head confessed ignor- ance ; and Fugal launched out into a romantic description of this marvellous piece of ordnance , which exceeded even the patience of the gentle Elizabeth . " Weel ha'e done man ...
... Lizbeth ? " The shake of Elizabeth's head confessed ignor- ance ; and Fugal launched out into a romantic description of this marvellous piece of ordnance , which exceeded even the patience of the gentle Elizabeth . " Weel ha'e done man ...
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