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" ... for her father, she stumbled over the graves every night alone without fear of any kind entering her thoughts but for soldiers and parties in search of him, which the least noise or motion of a leaf put her in terror for. The minister's house was... "
The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany - Page 135
1823
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The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith

Sydney Smith - 1846 - 368 pages
...least iioise or motion of a leaf put her in terror for. The minister's house was near the, church. The first night she went, his dogs kept such a barking as put her in the utmost fear of a di.«covery. My grandmother sent for the minister nex°. day, and, upon pretence of a mad dog, got...
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Essays

Sydney Smith - 1847 - 524 pages
...least noise or motion of a leaf put her in terror for. The minister's house was near the church. The first night she went, his dogs kept such a barking...a mad dog, got him to hang all his dogs. There was also difficulty of getting victuals to carry him, without the servants suspecting : the only way it...
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Anecdotes of the aristocracy, and episodes in ancestral story, Volume 1

sir John Bernard Burke - 1849 - 650 pages
...of him, which the least noise put her in terror for. The minister's house was near the church; the first night she went, his dogs kept such a barking...a discovery ; my grandmother sent for the minister the next day, and upon pretence of a mad dog, got him to hang all his dogs. There was also a difficulty...
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The Modern British Essayists: Smith, Sydney. Works

1852 - 498 pages
...for. The minister's house was near the church. The first night she went, his dogs kept such a harking as put her in the utmost fear of a discovery. My grandmother...a mad dog, got him to hang all his dogs. There was also difficulty of getting victuals to carry him, without the servants suspecting: the only way it...
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The letters of Peter Plymley, essays, and speeches

Sydney Smith - 1852 - 246 pages
...least noise or motion of a leaf put her in terror for. The minister's house was near the church. The first night she went, his dogs kept such a barking as put her in the utmost fear or a discovery. My grandmother sent for the minister next day, and, upon pretence of a mad dog, got...
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Chambers's pocket miscellany, Volumes 10-12

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1852 - 594 pages
...her father. The minister's house was as usual near the church : at her first visit, his dogs kept np such a barking, as put her in the utmost fear of a discovery. This difficulty was immediately set aside by the ingenuity of Lady Hume, who, under the pretence of...
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Chambers's Pocket Miscellany, Volumes 9-10

1854 - 404 pages
...her father. The minister's house was as usual near the church : at her first visit, his dogs kept up such a barking, as put her in the utmost fear of a discovery. This difficulty was immediately set aside by the ingenuity of Lady Hume, who, under the pretence of...
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The history of Scotland... to the present time, Volume 5

George Buchanan - 1856 - 686 pages
...leaf put her in terror for. The minister's house was near the church ; the first night she went, the dogs kept such a barking as put her in the utmost...a discovery. My grandmother sent for the minister the next day, and upon pretence oi'a mad dog, got him to hang all his dogs. There was also difficulty...
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Domestic annals of Scotland, from the Reformation to the Revolution, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1858 - 540 pages
...least noise or motion of a leaf put her in terror for. The minister's house was near the church ; the first night she went, his dogs kept such a barking,...a discovery ; my grandmother sent for the minister the next day, and, under pretence of a mad dog, got him to hang all his dogs. There was also difficulty...
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Domestic Annals of Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1858 - 542 pages
...least noise or motion of a leaf put her in terror for. The minister's house was near the church ; the first night she went, his dogs kept such a barking,...a discovery ; my grandmother sent for the minister the next day, and, under pretence of a mad dog, got him to hang all his dogs. There was also difficulty...
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