The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A PoemW. S. Orr, 1838 - 216 pages |
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... slain , Had lock'd the source of softer woe ; And burning pride , and high disdain , Forbade the rising tear to flow ; Until , amid his sorrowing clan , Her son lisp'd from the nurse's knee- " And , if I live to be a man , My father's ...
... slain , Had lock'd the source of softer woe ; And burning pride , and high disdain , Forbade the rising tear to flow ; Until , amid his sorrowing clan , Her son lisp'd from the nurse's knee- " And , if I live to be a man , My father's ...
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... slain by the stroke of a spear by an Elliot , who was then servant to the laird of Buccleuch . Darnwick , near Melrose . The place of conflict is still called Skinner's Field , from a corruption of Skirmish Field , But when the laird of ...
... slain by the stroke of a spear by an Elliot , who was then servant to the laird of Buccleuch . Darnwick , near Melrose . The place of conflict is still called Skinner's Field , from a corruption of Skirmish Field , But when the laird of ...
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... slain by the laird of Buccleuch , containing the number of fourscore and fifteen , which died in defence of the king , and at the command of his writing . " I am not the first who has attempted to celebrate in verse the renown of this ...
... slain by the laird of Buccleuch , containing the number of fourscore and fifteen , which died in defence of the king , and at the command of his writing . " I am not the first who has attempted to celebrate in verse the renown of this ...
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... slain , by the kindred of the knight whom he had killed . Sir Walter , guided by the old man , visited the lowly tomb of his father ; and , having read the inscription , which was in Latin , he caused the body to be raised , and ...
... slain , by the kindred of the knight whom he had killed . Sir Walter , guided by the old man , visited the lowly tomb of his father ; and , having read the inscription , which was in Latin , he caused the body to be raised , and ...
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... slain at Perth in 1600 , pretended , during his studies in Italy , to have acquired some know- ledge of the Cabala , by which he said he could charm snakes , and work other miracles , and , in particular , could produce children without ...
... slain at Perth in 1600 , pretended , during his studies in Italy , to have acquired some know- ledge of the Cabala , by which he said he could charm snakes , and work other miracles , and , in particular , could produce children without ...
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