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... strangers ; -and could you renounce them even on this moment , it were better that we should part for a long time ; and , for Hea- ven's sake , let it be as soon as possible - perhaps it is even now too late to prevent some unplea- sant ...
... strangers ; -and could you renounce them even on this moment , it were better that we should part for a long time ; and , for Hea- ven's sake , let it be as soon as possible - perhaps it is even now too late to prevent some unplea- sant ...
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... strangers . What chances ? I pursue , with the warrant of the King and law , a murtheress , bearing on her hand the blood of my near connexion , and I had , in such case , a right to call on every liege subject to render assistance to ...
... strangers . What chances ? I pursue , with the warrant of the King and law , a murtheress , bearing on her hand the blood of my near connexion , and I had , in such case , a right to call on every liege subject to render assistance to ...
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... stranger sallied from the town , at the head of the other division of the New - Eng- land men , and , fetching a circuit , attacked the Red Warriors in the rear . The surprise , as is usual amongst savages , had complete effect ; for ...
... stranger sallied from the town , at the head of the other division of the New - Eng- land men , and , fetching a circuit , attacked the Red Warriors in the rear . The surprise , as is usual amongst savages , had complete effect ; for ...
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... stranger ? " said Julian , who had listened with eagerness , for the story was of a kind in- teresting to the youthful and the brave . " Many things , ” answered Bridgenorth , “ and , as usual , little to the purpose . The prevailing ...
... stranger ? " said Julian , who had listened with eagerness , for the story was of a kind in- teresting to the youthful and the brave . " Many things , ” answered Bridgenorth , “ and , as usual , little to the purpose . The prevailing ...
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Walter Scott. The inn to which he was recommended was full of strangers , seamen , and mercantile people , all intent upon their own affairs , and discussing them with noise and eagerness , peculiar to the business of a thriving sea ...
Walter Scott. The inn to which he was recommended was full of strangers , seamen , and mercantile people , all intent upon their own affairs , and discussing them with noise and eagerness , peculiar to the business of a thriving sea ...
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