Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... truly -than was due even to the relationship betwixt you ? Why think I would sacrifice to that young man my duty to you ? Know , that were I capable of such criminal weakness , Markham Everard were the first to despise me for it . " She ...
... truly -than was due even to the relationship betwixt you ? Why think I would sacrifice to that young man my duty to you ? Know , that were I capable of such criminal weakness , Markham Everard were the first to despise me for it . " She ...
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... truly , but thy fel- low - worm ? " Sir Henry Lee remained still confused , and una- ble to answer , when there arrived a fourth person , whom the cries of Alice had summoned to the spot . This was Joceline Joliffe , one of the under ...
... truly , but thy fel- low - worm ? " Sir Henry Lee remained still confused , and una- ble to answer , when there arrived a fourth person , whom the cries of Alice had summoned to the spot . This was Joceline Joliffe , one of the under ...
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... truly ? " said Tomkins ; " and who is to hold me blameless if they should see cause to think any- thing minished ? Not the right worshipful Commis- sioners , to whom the property of the estate is as their own ; therefore , as thou say ...
... truly ? " said Tomkins ; " and who is to hold me blameless if they should see cause to think any- thing minished ? Not the right worshipful Commis- sioners , to whom the property of the estate is as their own ; therefore , as thou say ...
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... truly it is not likely thou should'st find pleasant savour in more whole- some and sober food . But let us to the Lodge , that we may go about our business there before the sun sets . " แ Troth , and that may be advisable for more ...
... truly it is not likely thou should'st find pleasant savour in more whole- some and sober food . But let us to the Lodge , that we may go about our business there before the sun sets . " แ Troth , and that may be advisable for more ...
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... truly - but I wonder who is sponsible for what lads and lasses did before his day ? ' ' Scoff not , ' said the soldier , lest I , being called thereto by the voice within me , do deal with thee as a scorner . Verily I say , that since ...
... truly - but I wonder who is sponsible for what lads and lasses did before his day ? ' ' Scoff not , ' said the soldier , lest I , being called thereto by the voice within me , do deal with thee as a scorner . Verily I say , that since ...
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