The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A PoemW. S. Orr, 1838 - 216 pages |
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... took their leave of the king , and returned home , then appeared the Lord of Buccleuch in sight , and his company with him , in an arrayed battle , intending to have fulfilled the king's petition , and therefore came stoutly forward on ...
... took their leave of the king , and returned home , then appeared the Lord of Buccleuch in sight , and his company with him , in an arrayed battle , intending to have fulfilled the king's petition , and therefore came stoutly forward on ...
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... took effect , or else the feud was renewed shortly afterwards . My friend Mr. Thomas Thomson , deputy - register of Scotland , has enabled me to add to this note the following curious document , extracted from the records of the ...
... took effect , or else the feud was renewed shortly afterwards . My friend Mr. Thomas Thomson , deputy - register of Scotland , has enabled me to add to this note the following curious document , extracted from the records of the ...
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... took Caluset : how dyd we scale , with lytell ayde , the strong castell of Marquell , per- tayning to the Erl Dolphyn : I kept it nat past fyve days , but I receyved for it , on a feyre table , fyve thousande frankes , and forgave one ...
... took Caluset : how dyd we scale , with lytell ayde , the strong castell of Marquell , per- tayning to the Erl Dolphyn : I kept it nat past fyve days , but I receyved for it , on a feyre table , fyve thousande frankes , and forgave one ...
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... took refuge in the solitary tower of Gask , Here he was disturbed at midnight by the blast of a horn ; he sent out his attendants by two and two , but no one returned with tidings . At length , when he was left alone , the sound was ...
... took refuge in the solitary tower of Gask , Here he was disturbed at midnight by the blast of a horn ; he sent out his attendants by two and two , but no one returned with tidings . At length , when he was left alone , the sound was ...
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... took ; And the Monk made a sign with his wither'd hand The grave's huge portal to expand . XVIII . With beating heart to the task he went ! His sinewy frame o'er the grave - stone bent ; With bar of iron heaved amain , Till the toil ...
... took ; And the Monk made a sign with his wither'd hand The grave's huge portal to expand . XVIII . With beating heart to the task he went ! His sinewy frame o'er the grave - stone bent ; With bar of iron heaved amain , Till the toil ...
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