The Works of Professor Wilson of the University of Edinburgh: Noctes ambrosianaeW. Blackwood, 1856 |
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... thocht , aff their twa horses , cam clashin thegither wi ' their mailed breists , and began sobbin in the silence o ' the auncient aiks that were touched to their verra cores to see sic forgiveness and sic affection atween thae twa ...
... thocht , aff their twa horses , cam clashin thegither wi ' their mailed breists , and began sobbin in the silence o ' the auncient aiks that were touched to their verra cores to see sic forgiveness and sic affection atween thae twa ...
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... thocht I micht as weel tak a whup at the Meggat . How they lap ! I filled ma creel afore the dew - melt ; and as it's out o ' the poo'r o ' ony mortal man wi ' a heart to gie ower fishin in the Meggat durin a tak , I kent 2 Skreigh o ...
... thocht I micht as weel tak a whup at the Meggat . How they lap ! I filled ma creel afore the dew - melt ; and as it's out o ' the poo'r o ' ony mortal man wi ' a heart to gie ower fishin in the Meggat durin a tak , I kent 2 Skreigh o ...
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... thocht I wad try the Fruid wi ' the flee , and put on a professor . The Fruid's fu ' o'sma ' troots , and I sune had a string . I couldna hae had about me , at this time , ae way and ither , in ma several repositories , string and a ...
... thocht I wad try the Fruid wi ' the flee , and put on a professor . The Fruid's fu ' o'sma ' troots , and I sune had a string . I couldna hae had about me , at this time , ae way and ither , in ma several repositories , string and a ...
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... thocht there was a savin clause in the insurance ack o ' every Company , insurin theirsels again ' ony insurer at their office , who could be proved to hae had his house burned by bein ' set on fire in that way by a sermon . North . It ...
... thocht there was a savin clause in the insurance ack o ' every Company , insurin theirsels again ' ony insurer at their office , who could be proved to hae had his house burned by bein ' set on fire in that way by a sermon . North . It ...
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... thocht o ' that intolerable stink . I can thole the stink o ' a brock better than o ' a cawnle that has dee'd a natural death . But I per- ceive I'm thinkin o ' death in the socket . North . Nor will your sermons , my dear James , set ...
... thocht o ' that intolerable stink . I can thole the stink o ' a brock better than o ' a cawnle that has dee'd a natural death . But I per- ceive I'm thinkin o ' death in the socket . North . Nor will your sermons , my dear James , set ...
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