Chambers's Edinburgh JournalW. Orr, 1843 - Edinburgh (Scotland) |
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Page 7
... dress plain , but evidently new ; a small bundle , suspended from a stick , hung over one shoulder ; while his bold upright carriage and manly step indicated the practised soldier : a good judge would have pronounced him about thirty ...
... dress plain , but evidently new ; a small bundle , suspended from a stick , hung over one shoulder ; while his bold upright carriage and manly step indicated the practised soldier : a good judge would have pronounced him about thirty ...
Page 13
... dress it up in women's apparel , put it in a large bas- ket , and lay a wooden club by it , and this they call Brüd's Bed ; and then the mistress and servants cry three times , Brüd is come ; Brüd is welcome ! This they do just before ...
... dress it up in women's apparel , put it in a large bas- ket , and lay a wooden club by it , and this they call Brüd's Bed ; and then the mistress and servants cry three times , Brüd is come ; Brüd is welcome ! This they do just before ...
Page 14
... dress we scrutinised , was gaily set out in a scarlet petticoat and blue apron , surmounted by a green body ornamented with gold flowers ; she had also a highly embroidered stomacher , a white linen jacket , laid in plaits down the ...
... dress we scrutinised , was gaily set out in a scarlet petticoat and blue apron , surmounted by a green body ornamented with gold flowers ; she had also a highly embroidered stomacher , a white linen jacket , laid in plaits down the ...
Page 15
... dress herself . She was strictly examined , but persisted in her statement that she used no deception , and that the ghost had really appeared to her . persons can only be found to take the lead in any absurdity , however great , there ...
... dress herself . She was strictly examined , but persisted in her statement that she used no deception , and that the ghost had really appeared to her . persons can only be found to take the lead in any absurdity , however great , there ...
Page 16
... dress , and that it was the fashion of these sable ladies to drop this considerably from off the right shoulder , and to carry the skirt in the left hand , and raise it to any height necessary for crossing puddles . On my way back , I ...
... dress , and that it was the fashion of these sable ladies to drop this considerably from off the right shoulder , and to carry the skirt in the left hand , and raise it to any height necessary for crossing puddles . On my way back , I ...
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