Highland Lassies: Or, The Roua PassSmith, Elder and Company, 1862 - 316 страници |
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... nature took its silent way in the simple pastoral path of his duties , too ab- stractedly to please or strike sympathy from his mother's worldly - scheming brain . Florh appreciated not those first germs of all which made Huistan so ...
... nature took its silent way in the simple pastoral path of his duties , too ab- stractedly to please or strike sympathy from his mother's worldly - scheming brain . Florh appreciated not those first germs of all which made Huistan so ...
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... nature ; he was active and agile in bodily strength , but he despised work : he would not have taken to the drudgery of a trade , and he would not settle to the hard- working routine of the shepherd's life . He was attached to his young ...
... nature ; he was active and agile in bodily strength , but he despised work : he would not have taken to the drudgery of a trade , and he would not settle to the hard- working routine of the shepherd's life . He was attached to his young ...
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... natural ledge ; the edge of the precipice as it ascended being half concealed by feathery fern and light - rooted birch , with glimpses between , showing the blackness of the deep river pools beneath . So narrow was the path that the ...
... natural ledge ; the edge of the precipice as it ascended being half concealed by feathery fern and light - rooted birch , with glimpses between , showing the blackness of the deep river pools beneath . So narrow was the path that the ...
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... nature taught : his heart beat with cordial warmth to all his fellow - creatures . Hospitality descended as an hereditary virtue to Glenbenrough , as it did to most of his Highland contemporaries ; it was genial and genuine as himself ...
... nature taught : his heart beat with cordial warmth to all his fellow - creatures . Hospitality descended as an hereditary virtue to Glenbenrough , as it did to most of his Highland contemporaries ; it was genial and genuine as himself ...
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... natural curls upon their shoulders . Ishbel was like Norah , a bright brunette , with very dark hair ; but she had a piquant little face , and her eyes were more restless than Norah's . She was but fifteen , and promised to be also very ...
... natural curls upon their shoulders . Ishbel was like Norah , a bright brunette , with very dark hair ; but she had a piquant little face , and her eyes were more restless than Norah's . She was but fifteen , and promised to be also very ...
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amongst Arduashien asked Auber bank beautiful beneath birch bog-myrtle bright brow Colonel Sternbotham colour cottage dance dark deer door dress Dreumah Dual Ghu English Esmé and Ishbel Esmé's Ewen Mackenzie Ewen's exclaimed eyes face father feel fire Florh frae Gaelic gaze gillies girls Glenbenrough Gupini hair hand Harold head heard heart heather Highland hills hour Huistan Jeanie Cameron Kelpie kilted knew Lady Ida Lady Mac Neil laird lassie laugh lips loch Lochandhu looked Marchmoram marriage Miss Christy Miss Esmé Miss Mac Neil morning never night Norah pale party Phee plaid pony quiet replied river rock Roua Pass round sassenach seated Seatoune smile spoke stood Strathshielie strong tartan tell Thistlebank Thorold thought told turned valet voice walked weel whisky whispered wild ye're young
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