The Handy Volume "Waverley" ...: The fair maid of PerthBradbury, Agnew, 1877 |
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... Royal Court , when it chanced to be residing in or near Perth ; insomuch , that more than one nobleman of the highest rank , and most distinguished for deeds of chivalry , were more attentive to exhibit feats of horsemanship as they ...
... Royal Court , when it chanced to be residing in or near Perth ; insomuch , that more than one nobleman of the highest rank , and most distinguished for deeds of chivalry , were more attentive to exhibit feats of horsemanship as they ...
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... royal rest , and presenting to him the piteous case of our being called forth from our beds at this season , with little better covering than these shirts , I would show him this bloody token , and know from his Grace's own royal lips ...
... royal rest , and presenting to him the piteous case of our being called forth from our beds at this season , with little better covering than these shirts , I would show him this bloody token , and know from his Grace's own royal lips ...
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... royal burghs of Scotland , that the latter , where it was practicable , often chose their Provost , or Chief Magistrate , not out of the order of the merchants , shopkeepers , and citizens , who inhabited the town itself , and filled up ...
... royal burghs of Scotland , that the latter , where it was practicable , often chose their Provost , or Chief Magistrate , not out of the order of the merchants , shopkeepers , and citizens , who inhabited the town itself , and filled up ...
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... royal husband . — But after her death the imbecile Sovereign resembled nothing so much as a vessel drifted from her anchors , and tossed about amidst contending currents . Abstractedly considered , Robert might be said to doat upon his ...
... royal husband . — But after her death the imbecile Sovereign resembled nothing so much as a vessel drifted from her anchors , and tossed about amidst contending currents . Abstractedly considered , Robert might be said to doat upon his ...
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... royal seat , with an air of deep deference which cloaked the natural haughtiness of his carriage , was a man betwixt forty and fifty years of age , but every one of whose hairs still retained their natural black colour . Acute features ...
... royal seat , with an air of deep deference which cloaked the natural haughtiness of his carriage , was a man betwixt forty and fifty years of age , but every one of whose hairs still retained their natural black colour . Acute features ...
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