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... daughter - for , as was common with the citizens and artisans of that early period , her father , Simon , derived his surname from the trade which he practised showed no inclination to listen to any gal- lantry which came from those of ...
... daughter - for , as was common with the citizens and artisans of that early period , her father , Simon , derived his surname from the trade which he practised showed no inclination to listen to any gal- lantry which came from those of ...
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... daughter . But when the steel caps , barrets , and plumes of squires , archers , and men - at - arms began to be seen among the throng , the wearers of these warlike distinc- tions were more rude in their demeanour than the quiet ...
... daughter . But when the steel caps , barrets , and plumes of squires , archers , and men - at - arms began to be seen among the throng , the wearers of these warlike distinc- tions were more rude in their demeanour than the quiet ...
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... daughter , too much honoured by my slightest notice , have the insolence to tell me that my notice dishonours them . Well , my princess of white doe - skin and blue silk , I will teach you to rue this . ' As he murmured thus , the ...
... daughter , too much honoured by my slightest notice , have the insolence to tell me that my notice dishonours them . Well , my princess of white doe - skin and blue silk , I will teach you to rue this . ' As he murmured thus , the ...
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... daughter lingered for some time , for the purpose of making their several shrifts in the confessionals , where the priests had taken their places for discharging that part of their duty . Thus it happened that the night had fallen dark ...
... daughter lingered for some time , for the purpose of making their several shrifts in the confessionals , where the priests had taken their places for discharging that part of their duty . Thus it happened that the night had fallen dark ...
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... daughter might render her the object of some profligate scheme , in a country where the laws afforded such slight protection to those who had not the means to defend themselves . Conachar and his fair charge having arrived on the ...
... daughter might render her the object of some profligate scheme , in a country where the laws afforded such slight protection to those who had not the means to defend themselves . Conachar and his fair charge having arrived on the ...
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Popular passages
Page 203 - Cameron's gathering" rose, The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard,— and heard, too, have her Saxon foes; How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their...
Page 111 - Have a care he does not hear you say so,' said the smith. 'I tell thee, bonnet-maker, that there is more danger in yonder slight wasted anatomy than in twenty stout fellows like yourself.
Page 304 - LANG hae thought, my youthfu' friend, A something to have sent you, Tho' it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps, it may turn out a sang, Perhaps, turn out a sermon.
Page 49 - Each robber chief upheld his armed halls, Doing his evil will, nor less elate Than mightier heroes of a longer date. What want these outlaws conquerors should have? But History's purchased page to call them great? A wider space, an ornamented grave? Their hopes were not less warm, their souls were full as brave.
Page 460 - What's property ? dear Swift ! you see it alter From you to me, from me to Peter Walter; Or, in a mortgage, prove a lawyer's share; Or, in a jointure, vanish from the heir...