Highland Lassies: Or, The Roua PassSmith, Elder and Company, 1862 - 316 страници |
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... showed it and this was somewhat often . : Marchmoram had just briefly announced to Auber his inten- tion of not shooting that day , as Harold entered . " The flat of Bohr'dell does not suit me ! I shall walk to the post by - and - by ...
... showed it and this was somewhat often . : Marchmoram had just briefly announced to Auber his inten- tion of not shooting that day , as Harold entered . " The flat of Bohr'dell does not suit me ! I shall walk to the post by - and - by ...
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... showed his dis- satisfaction by bitter gibes and sullenness ; and Ralph , the head keeper , had already made Marchmoram aware of Ewen's intractibility , when the latter gave him the rebuke which roused at once the smouldering fire into ...
... showed his dis- satisfaction by bitter gibes and sullenness ; and Ralph , the head keeper , had already made Marchmoram aware of Ewen's intractibility , when the latter gave him the rebuke which roused at once the smouldering fire into ...
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... showed it to be an habitual topic . The habits of the deer and the grouse seemed familiar to them , as those of domestic poultry might have been to English girls ; natural history , native character and scenery , the Highlanders and ...
... showed it to be an habitual topic . The habits of the deer and the grouse seemed familiar to them , as those of domestic poultry might have been to English girls ; natural history , native character and scenery , the Highlanders and ...
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... showed corresponding hospitality . Merry were the Christmas parties at Strathshielie , and extensive the autumn battues ; the former held in the good old Highland fashion , the latter so as to delight the English sportsmen . There were ...
... showed corresponding hospitality . Merry were the Christmas parties at Strathshielie , and extensive the autumn battues ; the former held in the good old Highland fashion , the latter so as to delight the English sportsmen . There were ...
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... showed the sportsmen were also wending homewards . Norah , on her return from the square , had gone part of the way up the Roua Pass , to seek for a bed of green deer's - grass , which there spread thickly over the surface of the hill ...
... showed the sportsmen were also wending homewards . Norah , on her return from the square , had gone part of the way up the Roua Pass , to seek for a bed of green deer's - grass , which there spread thickly over the surface of the hill ...
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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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