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  • The weapon had been bequeathed to him by a celebrated English outlaw named Hobbie Noble, who, having committed some deed for which he was in danger from justice, fled to Liddesdale, and became a follower, or rather a brother-inarms, to the renowned

    Death of the Laird's Jock 2008

  • The pair of friends had traversed with their usual cordiality the grassy wilds of Liddesdale, and crossed the opposite part of Cumberland, emphatically called The Waste.

    Chronicles of the Canongate 2008

  • The weapon had been bequeathed to him by a celebrated English outlaw named Hobbie Noble, who, having committed some deed for which he was in danger from justice, fled to Liddesdale, and became a follower, or rather a brother-inarms, to the renowned

    Death of the Laird's Jock 2008

  • At length, an English champion, one of the name of Foster, (if I rightly recollect,) had the audacity to send a challenge to the best swordsman in, Liddesdale; and young Armstrong, burning for chivalrous distinction, accepted the challenge.

    Death of the Laird's Jock 2008

  • At length, an English champion, one of the name of Foster, (if I rightly recollect,) had the audacity to send a challenge to the best swordsman in, Liddesdale; and young Armstrong, burning for chivalrous distinction, accepted the challenge.

    Death of the Laird's Jock 2008

  • The sun was nearly set behind the distant mountains of Liddesdale, when

    Waverley 2004

  • But this comes of old fashions, and of wearing a long Liddesdale whinger instead of

    The Fortunes of Nigel 2004

  • The barony of Crichton, with its beautiful castle, was surrendered by the curators of Francis, Earl of Buccleuch, but he retained the far more extensive property in Liddesdale.

    Old Mortality 2004

  • After more than a week spent fruitlessly scouring his lands, as well as Liddesdale and the debatable land, nothing looked so fine to Robert as Annancreag.

    Tempted by Your Touch JEN HOLLING 2002

  • After more than a week spent fruitlessly scouring his lands, as well as Liddesdale and the debatable land, nothing looked so fine to Robert as Annancreag.

    Tempted by Your Touch JEN HOLLING 2002

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