He would as soon have thought of wearing a white linen shirt or having the lairdship of a barony, as of getting ham to his breakfast.
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He would as soon have thought of wearing a white linen shirt or having the lairdship of a barony, as of getting ham to his breakfast.
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II. I whyles claw the elbow o' troublesome thought; But man is a sodger, and life is a faught: My mirth and guid humour are coin in my pouch, And my freedom's my lairdship nae monarch dare touch.
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They talked of affairs, particular and general, of Ian's late proceedings and the lairdship of Alexander, of men and places that they knew away from this countryside.
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'Laird,' said she (for so she always called him, though his lairdship was of the smallest), 'will ye tell them to bury me whaur I'll lie across at your feet?'
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