The Handy Volume "Waverley" ...: The fair maid of PerthBradbury, Agnew, 1877 |
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... received from young and old the homage due to his velvet jerkin and his gold chain , while the well - known beauty of Catharine , though concealed beneath her screen , -which resembled the mantilla still worn in Flanders , -called both ...
... received from young and old the homage due to his velvet jerkin and his gold chain , while the well - known beauty of Catharine , though concealed beneath her screen , -which resembled the mantilla still worn in Flanders , -called both ...
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... received . As he unloosed the leathern jacket from his neck and shoulders , the manly and muscular form which they dis- played , was not more remarkable than the fairness of his skin , where it had not , as in hands and face , been ...
... received . As he unloosed the leathern jacket from his neck and shoulders , the manly and muscular form which they dis- played , was not more remarkable than the fairness of his skin , where it had not , as in hands and face , been ...
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... receiving assistance from his volition - cast from you , I say , the art which is a snare to you . Abjure the fabrication of weapons which can only be useful to abridge human life , already too short for repentance , or to encourage ...
... receiving assistance from his volition - cast from you , I say , the art which is a snare to you . Abjure the fabrication of weapons which can only be useful to abridge human life , already too short for repentance , or to encourage ...
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... received on his hand the blow meant for his head . The wound must have been a severe one , for he staggered and fell with a deep groan . Without noticing him farther , Henry Smith sprung forward upon a party of men who seemed engaged in ...
... received on his hand the blow meant for his head . The wound must have been a severe one , for he staggered and fell with a deep groan . Without noticing him farther , Henry Smith sprung forward upon a party of men who seemed engaged in ...
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... receiving and repaying hard blows . It is sad to tell , Catharine , how many of my sins that Blind Harry the Minstrel hath to answer for . When I hit a downright blow , it is not ( so save me , St. John ! ) to do any man injury , but ...
... receiving and repaying hard blows . It is sad to tell , Catharine , how many of my sins that Blind Harry the Minstrel hath to answer for . When I hit a downright blow , it is not ( so save me , St. John ! ) to do any man injury , but ...
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