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Page xvii
... presented no ideas to this emissary of commerce , until the housekeeper appealed , in support of her narrative , to the dusky stains of blood upon the floor . 1 See Note 3 . ' These are the stains , ' she said ; xvii INTRODUCTORY.
... presented no ideas to this emissary of commerce , until the housekeeper appealed , in support of her narrative , to the dusky stains of blood upon the floor . 1 See Note 3 . ' These are the stains , ' she said ; xvii INTRODUCTORY.
Page xix
... , but had no idea they carried it so far as to choose to have the floors of their palaces blood - boltered , like Banquo's ghost , when to remove them would have cost but a hundred drops of the Infallible Detergent Elixir , xix ...
... , but had no idea they carried it so far as to choose to have the floors of their palaces blood - boltered , like Banquo's ghost , when to remove them would have cost but a hundred drops of the Infallible Detergent Elixir , xix ...
Page xxii
... blood was spilled , and there the marks of it are still shown . It is reported further by historians , that Mary continued her entreaties for his life , mingling her prayers with screams and exclamations , until she knew that he was ...
... blood was spilled , and there the marks of it are still shown . It is reported further by historians , that Mary continued her entreaties for his life , mingling her prayers with screams and exclamations , until she knew that he was ...
Page xxiii
... blood , in other words , were allowed to sink into the wood , the stain would become almost indelible . Now , not to mention that our Scottish palaces were not partic- ularly well washed in those days , and that there were no Patent ...
... blood , in other words , were allowed to sink into the wood , the stain would become almost indelible . Now , not to mention that our Scottish palaces were not partic- ularly well washed in those days , and that there were no Patent ...
Page xxv
... blood of Douglas , but which in his veins is sullied with illegitimacy . Paint him the ruthless , the daring , the ambitious — so nigh greatness , yet debarred from it ; so near to wealth , yet excluded from possessing it ; a political ...
... blood of Douglas , but which in his veins is sullied with illegitimacy . Paint him the ruthless , the daring , the ambitious — so nigh greatness , yet debarred from it ; so near to wealth , yet excluded from possessing it ; a political ...
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