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Page 68
... plaid through her fingers . Her face dyed crimson ; she drew back her stool a little , and cried out " That's not off a Stewart web , it was never waulked in Appin . ” The Highlanders ' love of tartan , the " princely cloth " extolled ...
... plaid through her fingers . Her face dyed crimson ; she drew back her stool a little , and cried out " That's not off a Stewart web , it was never waulked in Appin . ” The Highlanders ' love of tartan , the " princely cloth " extolled ...
Page 129
... plaid and feathered bonnet , his musket slung , and his right hand in the basket - hilt of his sheathed broadsword . Properly set in the heart of Perthshire , and at the geographical centre of Scotland , each represents a man whose work ...
... plaid and feathered bonnet , his musket slung , and his right hand in the basket - hilt of his sheathed broadsword . Properly set in the heart of Perthshire , and at the geographical centre of Scotland , each represents a man whose work ...
Page 172
... plaid of green timber upon the gently rising hills . Black cattle from Lewis , brought over the North Minch , were once landed here and driven eastward up the river to the Glen of Hunting , by the black shadow of An Teallach to ...
... plaid of green timber upon the gently rising hills . Black cattle from Lewis , brought over the North Minch , were once landed here and driven eastward up the river to the Glen of Hunting , by the black shadow of An Teallach to ...
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