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... lived near the little port of Aberdour , on the north side of the Frith of Forth ; which port , though now the most trifling imaginable , might then have been in use as a sort of haven for the town of Dunfermline , from which it is not ...
... lived near the little port of Aberdour , on the north side of the Frith of Forth ; which port , though now the most trifling imaginable , might then have been in use as a sort of haven for the town of Dunfermline , from which it is not ...
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... lived in the early part of the sixteenth century . He appears , both from the ballad and from tradition , as well as from authentic history , to have been a Border depredator on a singularly magnificent scale . His tower , which is ...
... lived in the early part of the sixteenth century . He appears , both from the ballad and from tradition , as well as from authentic history , to have been a Border depredator on a singularly magnificent scale . His tower , which is ...
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... lived this hundred yeir ! Sche suld have fund me meal and mault , And beef and mutton in a ' plentie ; But nevir a Scots wyfe could have said , That e'er I skaithed her a puir flee . To seik het water aneath cauld ice , Surely it is a ...
... lived this hundred yeir ! Sche suld have fund me meal and mault , And beef and mutton in a ' plentie ; But nevir a Scots wyfe could have said , That e'er I skaithed her a puir flee . To seik het water aneath cauld ice , Surely it is a ...
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... lived but seven yeirs mair , I wad hae gilt thee round about . " John murdered was at Carlen rig , And all his gallant companie ; But Scotland's heart was ne'er sae wae , To see sae mony brave men die- Because they saved their country ...
... lived but seven yeirs mair , I wad hae gilt thee round about . " John murdered was at Carlen rig , And all his gallant companie ; But Scotland's heart was ne'er sae wae , To see sae mony brave men die- Because they saved their country ...
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... lived here thretty years and three ; And I never yet saw the Tyne sae big , Nor running anes sae like a sea . " Then out and spak the Laird's saft Wat , The greatest coward in the companie ; " Now halt , now halt ! we need na try't ...
... lived here thretty years and three ; And I never yet saw the Tyne sae big , Nor running anes sae like a sea . " Then out and spak the Laird's saft Wat , The greatest coward in the companie ; " Now halt , now halt ! we need na try't ...
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Страница 7 - He hadna gane a step, a step, A step but barely ane, When a bout flew out of our goodly ship, And the salt sea it came in. ' Gae, fetch a web o' the silken claith, Another o' the twine, And wap them into our ship's side, And let na the sea come in.
Страница 113 - And a' by the light of the moon, Until they came to yon wan water, And there they lighted down.
Страница viii - O whare will I get a skeely skipper, To sail this new ship of mine?' O up and spake an eldern knight, Sat at the King's right knee, 'Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor That ever sailed the sea.
Страница 389 - The bittern clamour'd from the moss, The wind blew loud and shrill ; Yet the craggy pathway she did cross To the eiry Beacon Hill. " I watch'd her steps, and silent came Where she sat her on a stone ; — No watchman stood by the dreary flame, It burned all alone.
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