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Edith only answered these encomiums with a sigh; but, although silent, she felt and knew better than any one how much they were merited by the person on whom they were bestowed. Jenny, however, failed not to follow up her blow. "After a', it's true that my lady says there's nae trusting a presbyterian; they are a' faithless man-sworn louns.
"Oh, these are the hymns and praises o' the auld wives and creeshy louns o' Auchtermuchty, wha are gaun crooning their way to Heaven; an', gin it warna for the shame o' being beat, we might let our great enemy tak them. For sic a prize as he will hae! Heaven, forsooth!
Edith only answered these encomiums with a sigh; but, although silent, she felt and knew better than any one how much they were merited by the person on whom they were bestowed. Jenny, however, failed not to follow up her blow. "After a', it's true that my lady says there's nae trusting a presbyterian; they are a' faithless man-sworn louns.
"Fair maiden Lilliard lies under this stane, Little was her stature but great was her fame, Upon the English louns she laid many thumps, And when her legs were cuttet off she fought upon her stumps." See New Stat. Account Scot., "Roxburgh," p. 244. Tempest, Act I. Sc. 2. An article for the Foreign Quarterly Review, regarding which Mr. R.P. Gillies.
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