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...lter Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania S... ...r Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ch he prodigally seasoned the character of the party-coloured jester. Some critics, whose good-will towards a favourite performer was stronger than th... ... with greater or less propriety, upon all the pub- lic buildings, from the church to the pillory, in the ancient quarter of Edinburgh which bears, or ... ...e T ennis Court and Physic Gar- dens, etc. It then follows the wall of the churchyard, joins the north west wall of St Ann’s Yards, and going east to ... ..., to pray for Mr. Croftangry,” said Janet, crossing herself, for she was a Catholic, “Y ou maybe do not think it would do you cood, but the blessing o... ...!” The clergyman was at no loss to conceive that Elspat had lost the Roman Catholic faith without gaining any other, and that she still retained a vag...