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  • And ne'er was there mair need of poorfu 'preachers than e'en now in these cauld Gallio days, when men's hearts are hardened like the nether mill-stone, till they come to regard none of these things.

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 1822

  • And ne'er was there mair need of poorfu 'preachers than e'en now in these cauld Gallio days, when men's hearts are hardened like the nether mill-stone, till they come to regard none of these things.

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • And ne'er was there mair need of poorfu 'preachers than e'en now in these cauld Gallio days, when men's hearts are hardened like the nether mill-stone, till they come to regard none of these things.

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801

  • And ne’er was there mair need of poorfu’ preachers than e’en now in these cauld Gallio days, when men’s hearts are hardened like the nether mill-stone, till they come to regard none of these things.

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

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