This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ... 'They gied her hand withoot her heart, An' oh, her heart was wae! But she had learned her lesson weel, And kent but tae obey.' [PON the afternoon of the day before Christmas, the Miss Nesbits were sitting in their dining-room, Miss Nesbit at her lace, and Tibbie altering a gown for herself. Tibbie's ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ... 'They gied her hand withoot her heart, An' oh, her heart was wae! But she had learned her lesson weel, And kent but tae obey.' [PON the afternoon of the day before Christmas, the Miss Nesbits were sitting in their dining-room, Miss Nesbit at her lace, and Tibbie altering a gown for herself. Tibbie's work was always for herself. The first snowstorm had swept over Ettrick vale. Minchmoor, Broadlaw, and Bourhope wore their weird white caps, and the headstones in the lonely chapel-yard of St. Mary had all their rude letterings hidden by frosted snow. To gay folk this was a season of festivity and rejoicing, but to the two women abiding in loneliness at Windyknowe it made no difference, save in the contrast it presented to happier Christmas times gone by. H 'Janet Nesbit, ' said Tibbie in a very wearied voice, ' I'm sick, sick to death of my life!' 'Many a one's been sick, and had to grow well again, Tibbie, ' answered Miss Nesbit quietly, though her heart sank. At times it grew very heavy about her young sister. 'We rise up in the morning, and go through the same round of weariness, ' Tibbie continued. 'There is not a thing to brighten our days. What have we done, Janet, that we should be shut out from what other women enjoy? It's not right.' 'Wheesht, Tibbie!' said Miss Nesbit gently. 'We micht be waur.' 'No much, I'm thinkin'. I wish Sandy Riddell's wife would take us up. Whatever she may be, she can make gay doings in Ravelaw.' Miss Nesbit's long upper lip curled slightly. 'I dinna think ye weigh your words, Tibbie, ' she said slowly. Tibbie yawned and shrugged her shoulders, then casting her half-finished gown upon the floor, she sauntered over to the window, and looked out on the whitened landscape with discontented eyes. 'I see a coa
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Fair. 1903. Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier. Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE Gilt titles, blue boards. Library binding, rebound, ex library, usual stamps and labels. 8x5.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Fair. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾"; Type: Book c1900 hardcover in blue-green decorative cloth with elaborate embossing and gold lettering. Much age/use. Ex-library with the usual attributes. Text block leans. Some smudging to pages. Binding is intact with cracking to the rear hinge. Limited fraying and rubbing outside, concentrated at edges and high points. 318 pages.
