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... Thereupon answered John Alden , but looked not up from his writing : " Truly the breath of the Lord hath slackened the speed of the bullet ; He in his mercy preserved you , to be our shield and our weapon ! " Still the Captain continued ...
... Thereupon answered John Alden , but looked not up from his writing : " Truly the breath of the Lord hath slackened the speed of the bullet ; He in his mercy preserved you , to be our shield and our weapon ! " Still the Captain continued ...
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... Thereupon answered John Alden , the scholar , the friend of Miles Standish : " I was not angry with you , with myself alone I was angry , Seeing how badly I managed the matter I had in my keeping . " " No ! " interrupted the maiden ...
... Thereupon answered John Alden , the scholar , the friend of Miles Standish : " I was not angry with you , with myself alone I was angry , Seeing how badly I managed the matter I had in my keeping . " " No ! " interrupted the maiden ...
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. " No ! " interrupted the maiden , with answer prompt and decisive ; " No : you were angry ... Thereupon answered John Alden , the young man , the lover of women : " Heaven forbid it , Priscilla ; and truly they ...
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. " No ! " interrupted the maiden , with answer prompt and decisive ; " No : you were angry ... Thereupon answered John Alden , the young man , the lover of women : " Heaven forbid it , Priscilla ; and truly they ...
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... said how ungrateful you found me . " Thereupon answered John Alden , and told her the whole of the story , - Told her his own despair , and the direful wrath of Miles Standish . Whereat the maiden smiled , and said between laughing and ...
... said how ungrateful you found me . " Thereupon answered John Alden , and told her the whole of the story , - Told her his own despair , and the direful wrath of Miles Standish . Whereat the maiden smiled , and said between laughing and ...
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... , but as swift in atoning for error . Never so much as now was Miles Standish the friend of John Alden . " Thereupon answered the bridegroom : " Let all be forgotten between us , All save the dear , old friendship , and that 54.
... , but as swift in atoning for error . Never so much as now was Miles Standish the friend of John Alden . " Thereupon answered the bridegroom : " Let all be forgotten between us , All save the dear , old friendship , and that 54.
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