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` ` We hae eneugh, and it looks unco like theftboot, or hushmoney, as they ca it; she might hae been sure that I wad say naething wad harm her, for a 'the gowd in Lunnon.
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“We hae eneugh, and it looks unco like theftboot, or hushmoney, as they ca’ it; she might hae been sure that I wad say naething wad harm her, for a’ the gowd in Lunnon.
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"We hae eneugh, and it looks unco like theftboot, or hushmoney, as they ca 'it; she might hae been sure that I wad say naething wad harm her, for a' the gowd in Lunnon.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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