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Page 16
... ' Marry , thus it is , ' said the Earl : ' I need not bid you remember the affair of Colonel Christian . That man , besides his widow , who is possessed of large property - Dame Christian of Kirk - Truagh , 16 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK.
... ' Marry , thus it is , ' said the Earl : ' I need not bid you remember the affair of Colonel Christian . That man , besides his widow , who is possessed of large property - Dame Christian of Kirk - Truagh , 16 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK.
Page 17
Sir Walter Scott. large property - Dame Christian of Kirk - Truagh , whom you have often heard of , and perhaps seen -left a brother called Edward Christian , whom you never saw at all . Now this brother - but I dare say you know all ...
Sir Walter Scott. large property - Dame Christian of Kirk - Truagh , whom you have often heard of , and perhaps seen -left a brother called Edward Christian , whom you never saw at all . Now this brother - but I dare say you know all ...
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... dame . ' you ' Can you speak thus , Alice ? ' said her lover . ' Can you use such expressions ? and are you not sensible that they show plainly it is your own pride , not regard for me , that makes you resist the happiness of both ...
... dame . ' you ' Can you speak thus , Alice ? ' said her lover . ' Can you use such expressions ? and are you not sensible that they show plainly it is your own pride , not regard for me , that makes you resist the happiness of both ...
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... Dames , ' said the Earl ; ' here you rove gallantly , and at free will , through our dominions , fulfilling of appoint- ments , and achieving amorous adventures ; while we are condemned to sit in our royal halls , as dull and as ...
... Dames , ' said the Earl ; ' here you rove gallantly , and at free will , through our dominions , fulfilling of appoint- ments , and achieving amorous adventures ; while we are condemned to sit in our royal halls , as dull and as ...
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... dame about thirty , whose comely and cheerful countenance did honour to the choice of the jolly miller , her loving mate ; and was now stationed under the shade of an old - fashioned huge projecting chimney , within which it was her ...
... dame about thirty , whose comely and cheerful countenance did honour to the choice of the jolly miller , her loving mate ; and was now stationed under the shade of an old - fashioned huge projecting chimney , within which it was her ...
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Page 242 - Here lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose word no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
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