 | William Chambers - 1864 - 582 páginas
...perception of an extraordinary mental character in this limping youth, which was then hid from other eyes. After grinning upon him for a moment with a smile...where it perched itself, and seemed to the excited senses of the visitors as if it had really been the familiar spirit of the mansion. ' He has poo'er,'... | |
 | William Chambers - 1864 - 576 páginas
...himself some vague pretensions, or which, at least, he had studied and 404 HISTORY OF PEEBLESSHIRE. reflected upon till it had become with him a kind...where it perched itself, and seemed to the excited senses of the visitors as if it had really been the familiar spirit of the mansion. ' He has poo'er,'... | |
 | Adam White - 1870 - 378 páginas
...perception of an extraordinary mental character in this limping youth, which was then hid from other eyes. After grinning upon him for a moment with a smile...great disappointment of the inquirer, who then turned * "A History of Peeblesshire," by William Chambers of Qlenormiston, p. 403 (1864). round and gave a... | |
 | 1890 - 932 páginas
...perception of an extraordinary mental character in this limping youth, which was then hid from other eyes. After grinning upon him for a moment with a smile...where it perched itself, and seemed to the excited senses of the visitors as if it had really been the familiar spirit of the mansion. ' He has poo'er,'... | |
 | John Veitch - 1896 - 302 páginas
...stranger, seized him by the wrist with one of his iron hands, and said : " Man, hae ye ony poo'er 1 " By this he meant magical power, to which he had himself...where it perched itself, and seemed to the excited senses of the visitors as if it had really been the familiar spirit of the mansion. " He has poo'er,"... | |
 | Lady Chambers Priestley - 1908 - 416 páginas
...STOEY OF A LIFETIME it, and then, coming up to the stranger, seized him by the wrist with one of his hands and said, ' Man, hae ye ony poo'er ? ' By this...monomania. Scott disavowed the possession of any gifts of this kind, evidently to the great disappointment of the inquirer, who then turned round and gave a... | |
 | William Shillinglaw Crockett - 1913 - 538 páginas
...his iron hands and said : ' Man, hae ye ony poo'er ? ' By this he meant magical power, to which hehad himself some vague pretensions, or which, at least,...where it perched itself, and seemed to the excited senses of the visitors as if it had really been the familiar spirit of the mansion. ' He has poo'er/... | |
 | William Shillinglaw Crockett - 1912 - 618 páginas
...his iron hands and said : ' Man, hae ye ony poo'er ? ' By this he meant magical power.to which hehad himself some vague pretensions, or which, at least,...evidently to the great disappointment of the inquirer, who thenturned round and gave a signal to a huge black cat , hitherto unobserved, which immediately jumped... | |
 | James Walter Buchan - 1927 - 894 páginas
...coming up to the stranger seized him by the wrist with one of his iron hands, and said : ' Man, he'e ye ony poo'er ? ' By this he meant magical power,...kind, evidently to the great disappointment of the enquirer, who then turned round and gave a signal to a huge black cat, hitherto unobserved, which immediately... | |
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By this he meant magical power, to which he had himself some vague pretensions, or which, at least, he had studied and reflected upon till it had become with him a kind of monomania. Scott disavowed the possession of any gifts of that kind, evidently... 