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William Motherwell · 1873 · Scanned text

111,114 words · about 7 h 47 min to read

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Author
William Motherwell
Language
English
Published
1873
Length
111,114 words · about 7 h 47 min
Sections
2 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public Domain Mark 1.0

 

Contents (2)
  1. Introduction about 2 min
  2. Appendix about 7 h 45 min

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Introduction

AND NOTES. BY WILLIAM MOTHERWELL. NEW EDITION. PAISLEY: ALEX. GARDNER. MDCCCLXXIII. TO CHARLES KIRKPATRICK SHARPE, ESQ. THIS VOLUME IS, WITH SINCERE RESPECT, INSCRIBED BY HIS FAITHFUL AND OBLIGED SERVANT, W. M0THERWELL. CONTENTS. PAGE EARL MARSHALL, 1 THE TWA CORBIES, ... 7 SIR PATRICK SPENS, 9 JOHNTE O' BRAIDISLEE, ... 17 JOKNTE O' BRAIDISBANK, 23 THE MASTER OF WEMYSS, 24 HALBERT THE GRIM, 30 HYND HORN, 35 BONNIE GEORGE CAMPBELL, 44 YOUNG BENJIE, 46 SIR HUGH, OR THE JEW'S DAUGHTER, 51 THE LAIRD o' LOGIE, 56 THE TWA BRITHERS, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 60 THE CRUSADER'S FAREWELL, ... ... ... ... ... ... 66 MAY COLVIN, 67 LADY MAISRY, 71 THE BONNY EARL OF MURRAY, 78 THE BONNY EARL OF MURRAY, ... ... ... ... ... ... 80 YOUNG WATERS, 82 LADY MARY ANN, 86 BABE ALONE, OR THE BONNIE BANKS o' FORDIE, 88 THE DÆMON LOVER, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11.

PAGE SIR CAULINE, 99 SIR ROLAND, 124 FAUSE FOODRAGE, 131 FAIR JANET, 139 CLERK SAUNDERS, ... ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• •■• "■ WILLIE AND MAY MARGARET, 155 THE CAVALIER'S SONG, 159 THE FIRE OF FRENDRAUGHT, 161 LORD INGRAM AND CHIEL WYET, 173 THE DOUGLAS TRAGEDY, 180 WILLIAM AND MARJORIE, 186 THE BROOM BLOOMS BONNIE, &C, 189 YOUNG JOHNSTONE, 193 EARL ROBERT, 200 JOHNLE SCOT, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 204 EARL BICHARD, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 218 BONNIE SUSIE CLELAND, 221 CATHERINE JOHNSTONE, 225 THE WEARY COBLE o' CARGIL, 230 LADY MARJORIE, 234 ANDREW LAMMIE, 239 THE DOWIE DOWNS o' YARROW, "■ 252 THE QUEEN OF MAY, HER SONG, 256 GIL MORRICE, 260 CHIELD MORICE, 269 CHILDE MAURICE, 276 CHILD NORICE, 282 YOUNG HASTINGS THE GROOM, 287 LAMBERT LINKIN, 290 REEDESDALE AND WISE WILLIAM, 111.

PAGE BARBARA LIVINGSTON, 304 SWEET WILLIAM, 307 MARY HAMILTON, 311 SIR JAMES THE ROSE, 321 FAIR ANNIE, 327 BILLIE ARCHIE, 335 SON DAVIE, SON DAVIE, 339 THE WEE, WEE MAN, 343 YOUNG BEARWELL, , 345 LORD DERWENTWATER, 349 THE' JOLLY GOSHAWK, 353 GIPSIE DAVIE, 360 WILLIE WALLACE, 364 SWEET WILLIE AND LADY MARJORIE, 370 EARL RICHARD 377

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