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“Lady Lasswade!” said Mr Pickford, getting up and scraping back his chair.
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“Lady Lasswade sits down; puts her gloves on the table,” — she patted a cushion — “like that.”
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Lasswade had taken it off the wall; he held it under a lamp so that she could pronounce her verdict.
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Lady Lasswade came in, slipping the rings from her fingers.
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Aislabie, looking up at the portrait of Lady Lasswade as a young woman.
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He was reputed to own a snug little estate, called 'Lasswade;' but he abandoned it to a tenant, and gave preference to Cockpaine, which charmed him by its romantic scenery.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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For some years after his marriage, Scott had occupied a cottage in the romantic vicinity of Lasswade, near Edinburgh; but in 1804 he removed to
The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various
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The young couple spent their winters in Edinburgh and their summers at the suburb Lasswade.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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He has taught successively in the parishes of Lasswade, Tweedsmuir, Meggat,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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In the April of 1802 Scott was living in a pretty cottage at Lasswade; and while there he sent off the following letter, which I find attached with a wafer to my friend's copy of the Abbotsford edition of his works, and written in a much plainer hand than he afterwards fell into.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 Various
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