The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last Additions and Illustrations, Volume 4Conner & Cooke, 1833 |
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... present popularity ? Captain . This would be called the language of a calico - manu- facturer . Author . Cant again , my dear son - there is lime in this sack , too - nothing but sophistication in this world ! I do say it , in spite of ...
... present popularity ? Captain . This would be called the language of a calico - manu- facturer . Author . Cant again , my dear son - there is lime in this sack , too - nothing but sophistication in this world ! I do say it , in spite of ...
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... present pinch , sir , " he added , looking towards the two English ap- prentices , having a large sum in the Royal Treasury -that is , " he continued , in a whisper to Master George , " the King is owing him a lot of siller ; but it's ...
... present pinch , sir , " he added , looking towards the two English ap- prentices , having a large sum in the Royal Treasury -that is , " he continued , in a whisper to Master George , " the King is owing him a lot of siller ; but it's ...
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... present day ; but an open railing , or palisade , which , at night , and in times of alarm , was closed with a barricade of posts and chains . The Strand also , along which he rode , was not as now , a continued street although it was ...
... present day ; but an open railing , or palisade , which , at night , and in times of alarm , was closed with a barricade of posts and chains . The Strand also , along which he rode , was not as now , a continued street although it was ...
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... present you to his Grace the Duke of Buckingham , repre- sentative of Sir George Villiers , Knight , of Brookesby , in the county of Leicester . " The Duke coloured still more high as he bowed to Lord Glenvarloch scornfully , a courtesy ...
... present you to his Grace the Duke of Buckingham , repre- sentative of Sir George Villiers , Knight , of Brookesby , in the county of Leicester . " The Duke coloured still more high as he bowed to Lord Glenvarloch scornfully , a courtesy ...
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... present . There is , as majesty might say , a symbolum to be disbursed - in other words , a mutual exchange of courtesies takes place betwixt Beaujeu and his guests . He makes them a free present of the dinner and wine , as often as ...
... present . There is , as majesty might say , a symbolum to be disbursed - in other words , a mutual exchange of courtesies takes place betwixt Beaujeu and his guests . He makes them a free present of the dinner and wine , as often as ...
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