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... thought them better when he offered the price . However , he got ashamed , and took the cattle . An old respected servant of my own , who assisted me for years in the buying and selling of cattle - James Elmslie , very well known here ...
... thought them better when he offered the price . However , he got ashamed , and took the cattle . An old respected servant of my own , who assisted me for years in the buying and selling of cattle - James Elmslie , very well known here ...
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... thought no one his match in the saddle . He reached Haddoch on Wednesday at mid- night the first cattle - market day at Falkirk being on Tuesday - but the first thing he observed on drawing near to the house , which remains on the farm ...
... thought no one his match in the saddle . He reached Haddoch on Wednesday at mid- night the first cattle - market day at Falkirk being on Tuesday - but the first thing he observed on drawing near to the house , which remains on the farm ...
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... thought that Davidson's feet must fail At the Bridge of Banchory there was a posse of wives , with Mrs Duncan the toll - mistress at their head , ready to make an onslaught on poor Davidson . They had been hired , some at five shillings ...
... thought that Davidson's feet must fail At the Bridge of Banchory there was a posse of wives , with Mrs Duncan the toll - mistress at their head , ready to make an onslaught on poor Davidson . They had been hired , some at five shillings ...
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... thought the houses would tumble down . Captain Barclay could not tolerate a boaster or puppy in any shape . A few years before his death , he happened to be in the coffee - room , Market Street , Aber- deen , one evening , along with ...
... thought the houses would tumble down . Captain Barclay could not tolerate a boaster or puppy in any shape . A few years before his death , he happened to be in the coffee - room , Market Street , Aber- deen , one evening , along with ...
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... thought he had him fast for the winter ; but he got friends , and he was released , to the astonish- ment of all his acquaintances , and to the dismay of his incarcerating creditor , who was present . He appeared as a spectre at the ...
... thought he had him fast for the winter ; but he got friends , and he was released , to the astonish- ment of all his acquaintances , and to the dismay of his incarcerating creditor , who was present . He appeared as a spectre at the ...
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