The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last Additions and Illustrations, Volume 4Conner & Cooke, 1833 |
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... desire to have concealed . Indeed , his figure was so closely veiled and wimpled , either with a mantle , morning . gown , or some such loose garb , that the verses of Spenser might well have been applied- " Yet , certes , by her face ...
... desire to have concealed . Indeed , his figure was so closely veiled and wimpled , either with a mantle , morning . gown , or some such loose garb , that the verses of Spenser might well have been applied- " Yet , certes , by her face ...
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... desire and insist to know , " replied his interrogator . " Weel , then - I am not free to say , that maybe I might not just slip into the King's hand a wee bit sifflication of mine ain , along with my lord's - just to save his Majesty ...
... desire and insist to know , " replied his interrogator . " Weel , then - I am not free to say , that maybe I might not just slip into the King's hand a wee bit sifflication of mine ain , along with my lord's - just to save his Majesty ...
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... desire to laugh , that he was dealing with an original of no ordinary description , and ac- cordingly , returned his courtesy with suitable punc- tiliousness . Sir Mungo , in the meanwhile , gazed on him with much earnestness ; and , as ...
... desire to laugh , that he was dealing with an original of no ordinary description , and ac- cordingly , returned his courtesy with suitable punc- tiliousness . Sir Mungo , in the meanwhile , gazed on him with much earnestness ; and , as ...
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... desire of you is , to get me precise knowledge of what affair brings this young nobleman to Court . " And when you ... desires to keep hidden . But thou knowest that I have a fortune of my own , which must at no distant day come under my ...
... desire of you is , to get me precise knowledge of what affair brings this young nobleman to Court . " And when you ... desires to keep hidden . But thou knowest that I have a fortune of my own , which must at no distant day come under my ...
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... desire to introduce Dalgarno and Lord Glen- varloch to each other , " he said , " be near neighbours , and I trust will be more kind ones as two who will than their fathers were formerly . There is but three Scots miles betwixt the ...
... desire to introduce Dalgarno and Lord Glen- varloch to each other , " he said , " be near neighbours , and I trust will be more kind ones as two who will than their fathers were formerly . There is but three Scots miles betwixt the ...
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