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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Tales of them were rife for twenty miles about; and their name was even printed in the page of our Scots histories, not always to their credit.
always
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From this reading Tales of them were rife for twenty miles about; and their name was even printed in the page of our Scots histories, not always to their credit.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LIFE AND DEATH OF MRS.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
bit
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From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
carouse
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From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
child
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From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
Club
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From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
country
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From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
credit
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From this reading Tales of them were rife for twenty miles about; and their name was even printed in the page of our Scots histories, not always to their credit.
Dalyell
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From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
DEATH
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From this reading LIFE AND DEATH OF MRS.
descendant
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From this reading The old "riding Rutherfords of Hermiston," of whom she was the last descendant, had been famous men of yore, ill neighbours, ill subjects, and ill husbands to their wives, though not their properties.
died
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From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
door
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From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
dust
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From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tales of them were rife for twenty miles about; and their name was even printed in the page of our Scots histories, not always to their credit.
famous
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From this reading The old "riding Rutherfords of Hermiston," of whom she was the last descendant, had been famous men of yore, ill neighbours, ill subjects, and ill husbands to their wives, though not their properties.
father
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From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
fell
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From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
Fifth
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From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
Flodden
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From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Tales of them were rife for twenty miles about; and their name was even printed in the page of our Scots histories, not always to their credit.
founder
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From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
fourthnounUS /fourth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
hanged
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From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
Hell-Fire
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From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
Hermiston
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From this reading The old "riding Rutherfords of Hermiston," of whom she was the last descendant, had been famous men of yore, ill neighbours, ill subjects, and ill husbands to their wives, though not their properties.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
histories
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From this reading Tales of them were rife for twenty miles about; and their name was even printed in the page of our Scots histories, not always to their credit.
husbands
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From this reading The old "riding Rutherfords of Hermiston," of whom she was the last descendant, had been famous men of yore, ill neighbours, ill subjects, and ill husbands to their wives, though not their properties.
ill
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From this reading The old "riding Rutherfords of Hermiston," of whom she was the last descendant, had been famous men of yore, ill neighbours, ill subjects, and ill husbands to their wives, though not their properties.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
James
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From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
Jean's
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From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
Justice-Clerk
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From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
known
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From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
lady
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From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The old "riding Rutherfords of Hermiston," of whom she was the last descendant, had been famous men of yore, ill neighbours, ill subjects, and ill husbands to their wives, though not their properties.
LIFEnounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LIFE AND DEATH OF MRS.
Lord
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From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
men
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From this reading The old "riding Rutherfords of Hermiston," of whom she was the last descendant, had been famous men of yore, ill neighbours, ill subjects, and ill husbands to their wives, though not their properties.
miles
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From this reading Tales of them were rife for twenty miles about; and their name was even printed in the page of our Scots histories, not always to their credit.
MRS
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From this reading LIFE AND DEATH OF MRS.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tales of them were rife for twenty miles about; and their name was even printed in the page of our Scots histories, not always to their credit.
neighbours
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From this reading The old "riding Rutherfords of Hermiston," of whom she was the last descendant, had been famous men of yore, ill neighbours, ill subjects, and ill husbands to their wives, though not their properties.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The old "riding Rutherfords of Hermiston," of whom she was the last descendant, had been famous men of yore, ill neighbours, ill subjects, and ill husbands to their wives, though not their properties.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading LIFE AND DEATH OF MRS.
old
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From this reading The old "riding Rutherfords of Hermiston," of whom she was the last descendant, had been famous men of yore, ill neighbours, ill subjects, and ill husbands to their wives, though not their properties.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Tales of them were rife for twenty miles about; and their name was even printed in the page of our Scots histories, not always to their credit.
own
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From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
page
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From this reading Tales of them were rife for twenty miles about; and their name was even printed in the page of our Scots histories, not always to their credit.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
peel
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From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
presiding
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From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
printednounUS /printed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tales of them were rife for twenty miles about; and their name was even printed in the page of our Scots histories, not always to their credit.
properties
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From this reading The old "riding Rutherfords of Hermiston," of whom she was the last descendant, had been famous men of yore, ill neighbours, ill subjects, and ill husbands to their wives, though not their properties.
race
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From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
riding
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From this reading The old "riding Rutherfords of Hermiston," of whom she was the last descendant, had been famous men of yore, ill neighbours, ill subjects, and ill husbands to their wives, though not their properties.
rife
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From this reading Tales of them were rife for twenty miles about; and their name was even printed in the page of our Scots histories, not always to their credit.
Rutherfords
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From this reading The old "riding Rutherfords of Hermiston," of whom she was the last descendant, had been famous men of yore, ill neighbours, ill subjects, and ill husbands to their wives, though not their properties.
Scots
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From this reading Tales of them were rife for twenty miles about; and their name was even printed in the page of our Scots histories, not always to their credit.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The old "riding Rutherfords of Hermiston," of whom she was the last descendant, had been famous men of yore, ill neighbours, ill subjects, and ill husbands to their wives, though not their properties.
stranger
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From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
subjects
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From this reading The old "riding Rutherfords of Hermiston," of whom she was the last descendant, had been famous men of yore, ill neighbours, ill subjects, and ill husbands to their wives, though not their properties.
Tales
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From this reading Tales of them were rife for twenty miles about; and their name was even printed in the page of our Scots histories, not always to their credit.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The old "riding Rutherfords of Hermiston," of whom she was the last descendant, had been famous men of yore, ill neighbours, ill subjects, and ill husbands to their wives, though not their properties.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Tales of them were rife for twenty miles about; and their name was even printed in the page of our Scots histories, not always to their credit.
there
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From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The old "riding Rutherfords of Hermiston," of whom she was the last descendant, had been famous men of yore, ill neighbours, ill subjects, and ill husbands to their wives, though not their properties.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The old "riding Rutherfords of Hermiston," of whom she was the last descendant, had been famous men of yore, ill neighbours, ill subjects, and ill husbands to their wives, though not their properties.
Tom
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From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
twenty
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From this reading Tales of them were rife for twenty miles about; and their name was even printed in the page of our Scots histories, not always to their credit.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
WEIR
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From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Tales of them were rife for twenty miles about; and their name was even printed in the page of our Scots histories, not always to their credit.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The old "riding Rutherfords of Hermiston," of whom she was the last descendant, had been famous men of yore, ill neighbours, ill subjects, and ill husbands to their wives, though not their properties.
wife
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From this reading WEIR The Lord Justice-Clerk was a stranger in that part of the country; but his lady wife was known there from a child, as her race had been before her.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading One bit the dust at Flodden; one was hanged at his peel door by James the Fifth; another fell dead in a carouse with Tom Dalyell; while a fourth (and that was Jean's own father) died presiding at a Hell-Fire Club, of which he was the founder.
wives
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From this reading The old "riding Rutherfords of Hermiston," of whom she was the last descendant, had been famous men of yore, ill neighbours, ill subjects, and ill husbands to their wives, though not their properties.
yore
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From this reading The old "riding Rutherfords of Hermiston," of whom she was the last descendant, had been famous men of yore, ill neighbours, ill subjects, and ill husbands to their wives, though not their properties.
