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... proud of her , and think always of her , and regard her with an undying affection and devotion . " There was a vibration in his He was warming to his work . voice as he proceeded to repeat the lines- " From the lone shieling on the ...
... proud of her , and think always of her , and regard her with an undying affection and devotion . " There was a vibration in his He was warming to his work . voice as he proceeded to repeat the lines- " From the lone shieling on the ...
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... proud of it ; but our family goes far further back than the duc de Sully and the sixteenth century . Why , sir , " he continued , in his stately manner , " when the royal Stewarts were known only by their office- Dapifer or Seneschallus ...
... proud of it ; but our family goes far further back than the duc de Sully and the sixteenth century . Why , sir , " he continued , in his stately manner , " when the royal Stewarts were known only by their office- Dapifer or Seneschallus ...
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... proud motto is ' Stand fast , Craigellachie ! ' none the less is Craig- Royston wild and Highland enough , as I hope to show you some day . And Lowland or Highland , Maisrie , you must wear the snood when you go north ; a young Scotch ...
... proud motto is ' Stand fast , Craigellachie ! ' none the less is Craig- Royston wild and Highland enough , as I hope to show you some day . And Lowland or Highland , Maisrie , you must wear the snood when you go north ; a young Scotch ...
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... proudly . " But what I say is this , that you do not understand , you have not yet understood , my position . When ... proud fashion ; " during all my troubles , and they have been more numerous than you know or need ever know , I have ...
... proudly . " But what I say is this , that you do not understand , you have not yet understood , my position . When ... proud fashion ; " during all my troubles , and they have been more numerous than you know or need ever know , I have ...
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... proud enough of that - and I shouldn't wonder if it had made friends for him abroad . They seem to have travelled a good deal . " While he was speaking his companion had mechanically lifted from the table the card which old George ...
... proud enough of that - and I shouldn't wonder if it had made friends for him abroad . They seem to have travelled a good deal . " While he was speaking his companion had mechanically lifted from the table the card which old George ...
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