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She confessed afterwards, that, “besides the wastrife, it was lang or she could walk sae comfortably with the shoes as without them; but there was often a bit saft heather by the road-side, and that helped her weel on.”
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She had to conform to the national extravagance in England, and confessed afterwards "that besides the wastrife, it was lang or she could walk as comfortably with the shoes as without them"; but found the people very hospitable on the whole, and sometimes got a cast in a waggon.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction Various 1910
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She confessed afterwards, that, ` ` besides the wastrife, it was lang or she could walk sae comfortably with the shoes as without them; but there was often a bit saft heather by the road-side, and that helped her weel on. '
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She confessed afterwards, that, "besides the wastrife, it was lang or she could walk sae comfortably with the shoes as without them; but there was often a bit saft heather by the road-side, and that helped her weel on."
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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Do not slit the quill up too high, it's a wastrife course in your trade, Andrew -- they that do not mind corn - pickles, never come to forpits.
The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801
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Do not slit the quill up too high, it’s a wastrife course in your trade, Andrew — they that do not mind corn-pickles, never come to forpits.
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