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Page 15
... honour ; and under his protection , the Midianitish woman reaches , like a sea - eagle , the nest which she hath made in the rocks , and remains there till gold , duly administered at court , wipes out all memory of her crime , and ...
... honour ; and under his protection , the Midianitish woman reaches , like a sea - eagle , the nest which she hath made in the rocks , and remains there till gold , duly administered at court , wipes out all memory of her crime , and ...
Page 17
... honours and pedigree , I would not willingly destroy them ; more than I would pull down a moss - grown tower , or hew to the ground an ancient oak , save for the straighting of the common path , and the advantaging of the public . I ...
... honours and pedigree , I would not willingly destroy them ; more than I would pull down a moss - grown tower , or hew to the ground an ancient oak , save for the straighting of the common path , and the advantaging of the public . I ...
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... honour has to say well enough , " said Deborah . << Service , I wot , is no inheritance now - a - days - some are wiser than other some - if I had not been wheedled away from Martindale , I might have had a house of mine own by this ...
... honour has to say well enough , " said Deborah . << Service , I wot , is no inheritance now - a - days - some are wiser than other some - if I had not been wheedled away from Martindale , I might have had a house of mine own by this ...
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... honour's gold should never have tempted me , but that I knew she was but a dead cast - away , poor innocent , if she were taken away from my lady or me . ~ And so this is the end on't ! -up early , and down late -and this is all my ...
... honour's gold should never have tempted me , but that I knew she was but a dead cast - away , poor innocent , if she were taken away from my lady or me . ~ And so this is the end on't ! -up early , and down late -and this is all my ...
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... honour was wise , and quarrels cannot last for ever , and love begins where hatred ends ; and , to be sure , they look as if they were born one for the other -and then , the estates of Moultrassie and Mar- tindale suit each other like ...
... honour was wise , and quarrels cannot last for ever , and love begins where hatred ends ; and , to be sure , they look as if they were born one for the other -and then , the estates of Moultrassie and Mar- tindale suit each other like ...
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