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spirits, good nor bad, had the power to take
any money or gold; the good never do,
though the bad, it' once in an age, it is no
small quarrel; for if it were allowed them,
then they would be very successful in their
business, and never fail of gaining their
points.
Ogil. What binders them, Cool?
Cool. Superior power, that governs and
guards them.
Qgtl. You have satisfied me entirely upon
that bead. But pray, Cool, what is the rea¬
son that you cannot go to your wife yourself,
and tell her what you have a mind ; I should
think this a more sure way to gain your
point.
Cool Because I will not.
Ogil. That is not an answer to me, Cool.
Cool. That is one of the questions that I
told you long ago I would not answer; but if
you go as I desire, I promise to give you full
satisfaction after you have done your business.
I rust me for once, and believe I will not
disappoint you.
Upon the 10th of April, 1722, coming
from old Cambus, upon the post road, 1 met
with Cool upon the head of the heath, called
the Pees. He asked me if l had considered
the matter he had recommended ? I told him
I bad, and was in the same opinion 1 was in
when we parted; that I would not possibly
undertake his commissions, unless he could
give me them in writings under his hand.
spirits, good nor bad, had the power to take
any money or gold; the good never do,
though the bad, it' once in an age, it is no
small quarrel; for if it were allowed them,
then they would be very successful in their
business, and never fail of gaining their
points.
Ogil. What binders them, Cool?
Cool. Superior power, that governs and
guards them.
Qgtl. You have satisfied me entirely upon
that bead. But pray, Cool, what is the rea¬
son that you cannot go to your wife yourself,
and tell her what you have a mind ; I should
think this a more sure way to gain your
point.
Cool Because I will not.
Ogil. That is not an answer to me, Cool.
Cool. That is one of the questions that I
told you long ago I would not answer; but if
you go as I desire, I promise to give you full
satisfaction after you have done your business.
I rust me for once, and believe I will not
disappoint you.
Upon the 10th of April, 1722, coming
from old Cambus, upon the post road, 1 met
with Cool upon the head of the heath, called
the Pees. He asked me if l had considered
the matter he had recommended ? I told him
I bad, and was in the same opinion 1 was in
when we parted; that I would not possibly
undertake his commissions, unless he could
give me them in writings under his hand.
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| Description | Being a copy of several conferences and meetings that passed betwixt the Rev Mr Ogilvie, late minister of the Gospel at Innerwick in East Lothian and the ghost of Mr Maxwell, late Laird of Cool. As it was found in Mr. Ogilvie's closet after his death, very soon after these conferences. (Written by his own hand.). |
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| Shelfmark | L.C.2828(29) |
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| Description | Over 3,000 chapbooks published in Scotland in the 18th and 19th centuries. Subjects include courtship, humour, occupations, fairs, apparitions, war, politics, crime, executions, Jacobites, transvestites, and freemasonry. Chapbooks are small booklets of 8, 12, 16 and 24 pages, often illustrated with crude woodcuts. Produced cheaply and sold by peddlars on the streets, they formed the staple reading material of the common people, along with broadsides. |
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