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... hundred livres of ransom on the spot.t " Come on , come on , " said Sir Launcelot , fiercely , " it is time enough to talk of ransom ; you shall first visit the house of your lord ; " and they went on in silence . When they en- tered ...
... hundred livres of ransom on the spot.t " Come on , come on , " said Sir Launcelot , fiercely , " it is time enough to talk of ransom ; you shall first visit the house of your lord ; " and they went on in silence . When they en- tered ...
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... hundred livres you have offered . Are you still in the mind to give them ? " Ar- thault did not answer for some moments . At last he mut- tered , " No ! " but it was in a hoarse and broken voice . " No ! " he continued , advancing with ...
... hundred livres you have offered . Are you still in the mind to give them ? " Ar- thault did not answer for some moments . At last he mut- tered , " No ! " but it was in a hoarse and broken voice . " No ! " he continued , advancing with ...
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... hundred years , the Chronicle of Saint Louis , popularly attributed to this personage , passed unquestioned as one of the genuine sources of French history , till all on a sudden the literati of France were thrown into consternation by ...
... hundred years , the Chronicle of Saint Louis , popularly attributed to this personage , passed unquestioned as one of the genuine sources of French history , till all on a sudden the literati of France were thrown into consternation by ...
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... century some advance was made in knowledge- if it was only in astrology . Charles V. collected nine hundred vol- umes , and the monks translated a few Latin works . THE PHANTOM FIGHT . VOL . II . - 5 FOURTEENTH CENTURY . 35.
... century some advance was made in knowledge- if it was only in astrology . Charles V. collected nine hundred vol- umes , and the monks translated a few Latin works . THE PHANTOM FIGHT . VOL . II . - 5 FOURTEENTH CENTURY . 35.
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... hundred men - at - arms , to be named by him . During the reading of this treaty by the deputies , at an assembly of the citizens of Ghent , Artaveld and Peter du Bois , who were present , attended by a powerful reti- nue , saw that the ...
... hundred men - at - arms , to be named by him . During the reading of this treaty by the deputies , at an assembly of the citizens of Ghent , Artaveld and Peter du Bois , who were present , attended by a powerful reti- nue , saw that the ...
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Page 103 - ... found the sword and dagger lying flat on the ground, the sword having the point broken — but he saw the point among some powder where the devil had laid it. Having waited...