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... England , see what regard will there be paid to the old pedigree that deduces your descent from kings and conquerors . A scurril or obscene jest , an impudent carriage , a laced cloak , a handful of gold , and the readiness to wager it ...
... England , see what regard will there be paid to the old pedigree that deduces your descent from kings and conquerors . A scurril or obscene jest , an impudent carriage , a laced cloak , a handful of gold , and the readiness to wager it ...
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... England , into which our native land has shaken from her lap , as a drunk- ard flings from him his treasures , so much that is precious in the eyes of God and of his children . There thousands of our best and most godly men --such whose ...
... England , into which our native land has shaken from her lap , as a drunk- ard flings from him his treasures , so much that is precious in the eyes of God and of his children . There thousands of our best and most godly men --such whose ...
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... England need one of her noblest hearts . » « Now God forbid ! » said Julian . << Amen , » returned Bridgenorth . « May God avert civil war , and pardon those whose mad- ness would bring it on us . » There was a long pause , during which ...
... England need one of her noblest hearts . » « Now God forbid ! » said Julian . << Amen , » returned Bridgenorth . « May God avert civil war , and pardon those whose mad- ness would bring it on us . » There was a long pause , during which ...
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... England , " said Julian . << I heard last night in Peel - town , that Greenhalgh is come over with unpleasant news . » « He brought me nothing that was pleasant , I wot well , " said the earl . « I expected something from St Evremond or ...
... England , " said Julian . << I heard last night in Peel - town , that Greenhalgh is come over with unpleasant news . » « He brought me nothing that was pleasant , I wot well , " said the earl . « I expected something from St Evremond or ...
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... England , and execute the warrants which I have thought ne- cessary to prepare in consequence . » > My signet you shall command with all my heart , madam , " said Earl Philip ; « but spare me the revision of what you are much more ...
... England , and execute the warrants which I have thought ne- cessary to prepare in consequence . » > My signet you shall command with all my heart , madam , " said Earl Philip ; « but spare me the revision of what you are much more ...
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