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  • The other instances in which my Gallovidian readers have obliged me, by assigning to————— airy nothings

    Additional Note 1917

  • MacKinlay's oral edition of the _Gallovidian_ anecdote had conveyed; and -- possessing, as I do, numberless evidences of the haste with which

    Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) 1824

  • The other instances in which my Gallovidian readers have obliged me by assigning to

    Guy Mannering 1815

  • Such an anecdote is mentioned by the late Mr. Riddel of Glenriddel, in his collection of Border tunes, respecting an air called the ‘Dandling of the Bairns,’ for which a certain Gallovidian laird is said to have evinced this strong mark of partiality.

    The Lady of the Lake 1810

  • The other instances in which my Gallovidian readers have obliged me by assigning to

    Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • The other instances in which my Gallovidian readers have obliged me by assigning to

    Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • The other instances in which my Gallovidian readers have obliged me by assigning to

    Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801

  • Such an anecdote is mentioned by the late Mr. Riddel of Glenriddel, in his collection of Border tunes, respecting an air called the 'Dandling of the Bairns,' for which a certain Gallovidian laird is said to have evinced this strong mark of partiality.

    The Lady of the Lake Walter Scott 1801

  • Wears~, "which John Mactaggart, the writer of _The Gallovidian

    Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk Robert Ford

  • But the most whimsical anecdote connected with the subject of drink, is one traditionary in the south of Scotland, regarding an old Gallovidian lady disclaiming more drink under the following circumstances: ” The old generation of Galloway lairds were a primitive and hospitable race, but their conviviality sometimes led to awkward occurrences.

    Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Ramsay, Edward B 1874

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