Waifs: a Handful of Essays and SketchesJ. Maclehose, 1881 - 206 páginas |
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... short cut and sticking in a bog every now and again . On the same principle I dis- like short cuts to wealth , which were never more abun- dant than in these times , and which very frequently land the ambitious pedestrian in grief ...
... short cut and sticking in a bog every now and again . On the same principle I dis- like short cuts to wealth , which were never more abun- dant than in these times , and which very frequently land the ambitious pedestrian in grief ...
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... Short cuts are dangerous . But on , still on , across heather , bog , and boulder ; the sun is westering , the air is getting chillier , and a long way " lies between us and our hames " —you know the rest . I , for one , am nearly done ...
... Short cuts are dangerous . But on , still on , across heather , bog , and boulder ; the sun is westering , the air is getting chillier , and a long way " lies between us and our hames " —you know the rest . I , for one , am nearly done ...
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... short distance , the Forth is crossed three or four times by as many ancient , hump- backed bridges , looking as if they had sustained some serious spinal injury in their youth , from which they had never recovered , and which old age ...
... short distance , the Forth is crossed three or four times by as many ancient , hump- backed bridges , looking as if they had sustained some serious spinal injury in their youth , from which they had never recovered , and which old age ...
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... short , who is crossing a moor with the storm in his teeth , and a black wrack of clouds overhead , covering his path with gloom and desolation to the far horizon . But notwithstanding this surly commentary , we know the deeper meaning ...
... short , who is crossing a moor with the storm in his teeth , and a black wrack of clouds overhead , covering his path with gloom and desolation to the far horizon . But notwithstanding this surly commentary , we know the deeper meaning ...
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... So I'm here , With these swate recolleckshuns to cheer , The long round of work for another short year , An ' keep myself fresh in this quare atmosphere . Thanks , good Peter ; it may comfort you to A RAINY DAY AT ABERFOYLE . 61.
... So I'm here , With these swate recolleckshuns to cheer , The long round of work for another short year , An ' keep myself fresh in this quare atmosphere . Thanks , good Peter ; it may comfort you to A RAINY DAY AT ABERFOYLE . 61.
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