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Beyond the "treviss," which formed one side of the stall, stood a cow, who turned her head and lowed when Jeanie came into the stable, an appeal which her habitual occupations enabled her perfectly to understand, and with which she could not refuse complying, by shaking down some fodder to the animal, which had been neglected like most things else in the castle of the sluggard.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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Beyond the “treviss,” which formed one side of the stall, stood a cow, who turned her head and lowed when
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He lay in the treviss wi 'the mear, and wadna come oot.
Types of Children's Literature Walter Barnes
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He lay in the treviss wi 'the mear, and wadna come oot.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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He lay in the treviss wi 'the mear, and wadna come oot.
The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902
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He lay in the treviss wi 'the mear, and wadna come oot.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know Various 1880
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Beyond the ` ` treviss, '' which formed one side of the stall, stood a cow, who turned her head and lowed when Jeanie came into the stable, an appeal which her habitual occupations enabled her perfectly to understand, and with which she could not refuse complying, by shaking down some fodder to the animal, which had been neglected like most things else in the castle of the sluggard.
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He lay in the treviss wi’ the mear, and wadna come oot.
Spare Hours John Brown 1846
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