Memoir of John Veitch...W. Blackwood and sons, 1896 - 197 pages |
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... , and whose processes are hidden from the common eye . That there ran in his veins the blood of one of the fiercest and finest of Border races there can be no doubt ; and that there existed in 4 MEMOIR OF JOHN VEITCH .
... , and whose processes are hidden from the common eye . That there ran in his veins the blood of one of the fiercest and finest of Border races there can be no doubt ; and that there existed in 4 MEMOIR OF JOHN VEITCH .
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... it was , and perhaps it is as true a tribute as we could find to the power of the Border country over her sons , that the very look of the soldier , generally REES OF THI UNIV BIGGIESKNOWE . 9 so deeply engrained 8 MEMOIR OF JOHN VEITCH .
... it was , and perhaps it is as true a tribute as we could find to the power of the Border country over her sons , that the very look of the soldier , generally REES OF THI UNIV BIGGIESKNOWE . 9 so deeply engrained 8 MEMOIR OF JOHN VEITCH .
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... his rod , and to wander , to his mother's great anxiety , till after nightfall , even till one in the morning , up the lovely recesses of the Border streams . Often , however , when play - hour came , BIGGIESKNOWE . 15.
... his rod , and to wander , to his mother's great anxiety , till after nightfall , even till one in the morning , up the lovely recesses of the Border streams . Often , however , when play - hour came , BIGGIESKNOWE . 15.
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... Border country - a tramp with knapsacks . But so vague are both young men as to the future , that they actually debated the wisdom of quitting their own country for colonial life ! " What think you , " says Veitch , " of the Dig- gings ...
... Border country - a tramp with knapsacks . But so vague are both young men as to the future , that they actually debated the wisdom of quitting their own country for colonial life ! " What think you , " says Veitch , " of the Dig- gings ...
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... Border Counties ' ( Association ) , " there make a speech . Next day take knapsack for the hills of Teviot- dale , disappear from human ken for seven days . Oh ! the joy ! oh ! the glory ! The herds ' wives will give me scones , and I ...
... Border Counties ' ( Association ) , " there make a speech . Next day take knapsack for the hills of Teviot- dale , disappear from human ken for seven days . Oh ! the joy ! oh ! the glory ! The herds ' wives will give me scones , and I ...
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