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" Sunday, and after going to the church as usual with his pupils, he led them out to walk in the country — for the ground on which the New Town of Edinburgh now stands, was then considered as the country by the people of Edinburgh. After passing calmly,... "
Peter's Letters to His Kinsfolk - Page 199
by John Gibson Lockhart - 1819
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The Scotsman's Library: Being a Collection of Anecdotes and Facts ...

James Mitchell - Scotland - 1825 - 798 pages
...as the country, by the people of Edinburgh. After passing calmly, to all appearance, through sereral green fields which have now become streets and squares,...clasp-knife from his pocket, he at once stabbed the elder of the boys to the heart. The younger boy gazed on him for a moment, and then fled with shrieks of terror,...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 89

American periodicals - 1866 - 924 pages
...so deadly a disgrace. It was Sunday, and after going to the church as usual with his pupils, he leu them out to walk in the country — for the ground...and squares, he came to a place more lonely than the the rest, and there drawing a large clasp-knife from hie pocket, he at once stabbed the elder of his...
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The North British Review, Volumes 44-45

1866 - 568 pages
...country — for the ground on which the New Town of Edinburgh now stands, was then considered as ĶA« country by the people of Edinburgh. After passing...pupils to the heart. The younger boy gazed on him fur a moment, and then fled with shrieks of terror ; but the murderer pursued with the bloody knife...
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The book of Scottish anecdote, collected and ed. by A. Hislop

Alexander Hislop (publisher) - 1874 - 786 pages
...considered as the country by the citizens). After passing cahnly, to all appearance, through several green fields which have now become streets and squares,...clasp-knife from his pocket, he at once stabbed the elder of the boys to the heart. The younger one gazed on him for a moment, and then fled with shrieks of terror,...
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The Book of Scottish Anecdote: Humorous, Social, Legendary and Historical

Alexander Hislop - Anecdotes - 1879 - 778 pages
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Horę Subsecivę, Volume 3

John Brown - English literature - 1882 - 468 pages
...instruments of what he conceived to be so deadly a disgrace. It was Sunday, and after going to the church as usual with his pupils, he led them out to...once stabbed the elder of his pupils to the heart. 6* The younger boy gazed on him for a moment, and then fled with shrieks of terror : but the murderer...
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Noctes Ambrosianae, Volume 1

John Wilson - Dialogue - 1892 - 438 pages
...a disgrace. It was Sunday ; and after going to church as usual with his pupils, he led them out to the country — for the ground on which the New Town...fields, which have now become streets and squares, he caine to a place more lonely than the rest, and there, drawing a large clasp-knife from his pocket,...
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Horę subsecivę v. 3, 1897, Volume 3

John Brown - 1897 - 494 pages
...country — for the ground on which the New Town of Edinburgh now stands, was then considered as tJie country by the people of Edinburgh. After passing...once stabbed the elder of his pupils to the heart. 6* The younger boy gazed on him for a moment, and then fled with shrieks of terror : but the murderer...
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Rab and His Friends: And Other Sketches

John Brown - Authors, Scottish - 1900 - 204 pages
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