Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve · leaf 137
ia rack-pin; there Avas nae doing wi him. He layin the treviss wi the mear, and wadna come oot. Itempit him wi the kail and meat, but he wad taknaething, and keepit me frae feedin the beast, andhe was aj^e gur gurrin, and grup gruppin me by thelegs. I was laith to make awa wi the old dowg, hislike… … ANNIE LAURIE Note.—Concerning the history of tliis song it is statedon good authority that there did really live, in the seven-teenth century, an Annie Laurie. She was a daughter ofSir Robert Laurie, first baronet of the Maxwelton family,and was celebrated for her beauty. We should be glad tohear…
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