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  • And the utmost length that Butler's most earnest entreaties could prevail was, that he would, reserve ` ` the twa pig carles for the Circuit, but as for him they ca'd the Fustler, he should try how he could fustle in a swinging tow, for it suldna be said that a shentleman, friend to the Duke, was killed in his country, and his people didna take at least twa lives for ane. ''

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 1822

  • Fustler, he should try how he could fustle in a swinging tow, for it suldna be said that a shentleman, friend to the Duke, was killed in his country, and his people didna take at least twa lives for ane.”

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

  • And the utmost length that Butler's most earnest entreaties could prevail was, that he would, reserve "the twa pig carles for the Circuit, but as for him they ca'd the Fustler, he should try how he could fustle in a swinging tow, for it suldna be said that a shentleman, friend to the

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801

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