The Vernons of Holly mountA.W. Bennett, 1867 - 75 pages |
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... the ever - changing panorama before him , some fresh cloud peaks crowning the hills , or some addition to the shadows creeping up the mountains ' sides— which effects Lewis ' artist eye was never tired of 2 THE VERNONS OF HOLLY MOUNT .
... the ever - changing panorama before him , some fresh cloud peaks crowning the hills , or some addition to the shadows creeping up the mountains ' sides— which effects Lewis ' artist eye was never tired of 2 THE VERNONS OF HOLLY MOUNT .
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... eyes , and freckled skin of the Highland peasant . 66 So ye're aff to the hills the day , Maister Lewis ? it's an unco ' fine thing to be a gentleman . " " Can't you go with me , Sandy ? we might have a glorious day together . I have no ...
... eyes , and freckled skin of the Highland peasant . 66 So ye're aff to the hills the day , Maister Lewis ? it's an unco ' fine thing to be a gentleman . " " Can't you go with me , Sandy ? we might have a glorious day together . I have no ...
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... eyes flashed , Sandy was stolidly unmoved ; he listened out of deference and affec- tion to the young laird , as he had been taught from his infancy to call him , but all Lewis ' stories he characterised as " A ' lees thegither . " Many ...
... eyes flashed , Sandy was stolidly unmoved ; he listened out of deference and affec- tion to the young laird , as he had been taught from his infancy to call him , but all Lewis ' stories he characterised as " A ' lees thegither . " Many ...
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... eyes ; it had a little bushy tail , and was altogether very like a squirrel in miniature . Lewis watched it breathlessly , as , apparently quite satisfied that the danger was past , it advanced to the nut , and , taking it between its ...
... eyes ; it had a little bushy tail , and was altogether very like a squirrel in miniature . Lewis watched it breathlessly , as , apparently quite satisfied that the danger was past , it advanced to the nut , and , taking it between its ...
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... eye and the tastes of an artist - a passion he had imbibed from his mother , who had been his instructress , and no mean one either , in the use of the brush . Loath to land , he drifted over the calm surface of the lake until the ...
... eye and the tastes of an artist - a passion he had imbibed from his mother , who had been his instructress , and no mean one either , in the use of the brush . Loath to land , he drifted over the calm surface of the lake until the ...
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Agnes arms fell basket beautiful beneath better BISHOPSGATE Black Knight boat bonnie breakfast-room breast brow cheek clouds colour couch crimson dark Dear Mamma death deep delight dreadful Duncan Rae earthly earthly power eyes face FAËRY KNIGHT fair Lady fairy flowers garden gentle glided grass green ground hand happy harebells head heart Highland hills holly hedge Holly Mount inhabitants of Holly Isolina Jamie Jamie Rae knew Lady lake Lewis Herbert lips live looked Maister Lewis morning mother Nessie Nessie's never pale papa passion Pixie purple hills QUEEN MAB Redesdale Reuben Vernon Sandy Rae Sandy's scarcely Scotch Scotland Scottish seated seemed shade shadow side silent Simpson Sir Guy sleep solitude sorrow spirit sprang story talk tall tears terra-cotta thing thought tion to-day trifles VERNONS OF HOLLY voice wee mousie window woods words Yorkshire Wolds
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