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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. Brown Dwarf, that o'er the moorland strays, Thy name to Keetdar tell The Brown Man of the Moor, that stays Beneath the heather-bell. John Liyben. The object which alarmed the young farmer in the middle of his valorous protestations, startled for a moment even his less prejudiced companion. The moon, which had arisen during their conversation, was, in the phrase of that country, wading or struggling with clouds, and shed only a doubtful and occasional light. By one of her beams, which streamed upon the great granite column to which they now approached, they discovered a form, apparently human, but of a size much less than ordinary, which moved slowly among the large grey stones, not like a person intending to journey onward, but with the slow, irregular, flitting movement of a being who hovers around some spotof melancholyrecollection, uttering also, from time to time, a sort of indistinct muttering sound. This so much resembled his idea of the motions of an apparition, that Hobbie Elliot, making a dead pause, while his hair erected itself upon his scalp, whispered to his companion, It's auld Ailie hersell Shall I gie her a shot, in the name of God ? For Heaven's sake, no, said his companion, holding down the weapon which he was about to raise to the aim? for Heaven's sake, no; it's some poor distracted creature. Ye're distracted yoursell, for thinking of going so near to her, said Elliot, holding his companion in his turn, as he prepared to advance. We'll aye hae time to pit ower a bit prayer (an I could but mind ane) afore she comes this length. God she's in nae hurry, continued he, growing bolder from his companion's confidence, and the little notice the apparition seemed to take of them. She hir- ples like a hen on a het...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217045162 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217045162 |
| Weight | 1.46 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.01 In |
| List Price | $30.43 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 454 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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