The X Jewel: A Scottish Romance of the Days of James VI.Harper & Brothers, 1896 - 262 páginas |
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... looked resolute , for I would compel him to show his hand . Whereupon he gazed some- what sadly and sympathetically at me , and said- " You had better stay ; believe me , sir , the air of Edinburgh may not be good for you just now ...
... looked resolute , for I would compel him to show his hand . Whereupon he gazed some- what sadly and sympathetically at me , and said- " You had better stay ; believe me , sir , the air of Edinburgh may not be good for you just now ...
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... hand he could touch me and no more , I looked earnestly in his eyes . " Friend Lundygrange , " said I , " ye are but a poor bungler , and were I not in a hurry I should pull the lugs off your head . It is not for such THE X JEWEL . 7.
... hand he could touch me and no more , I looked earnestly in his eyes . " Friend Lundygrange , " said I , " ye are but a poor bungler , and were I not in a hurry I should pull the lugs off your head . It is not for such THE X JEWEL . 7.
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... looked moodily on the ground as if he had heard not . On my repeating the question , he tried out of courtesy to his guest to smile , but it was a wan , foolish , sickly smile ; and he looked again upon the ground . At last he said ...
... looked moodily on the ground as if he had heard not . On my repeating the question , he tried out of courtesy to his guest to smile , but it was a wan , foolish , sickly smile ; and he looked again upon the ground . At last he said ...
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... looked for . So , perceiving that I had been taken seriously in sus- picion by some , I exchanged the brigandine jacket I was wearing for a stout steel corslet , and sallied forth with my two rascals at my heels . I left these latter in ...
... looked for . So , perceiving that I had been taken seriously in sus- picion by some , I exchanged the brigandine jacket I was wearing for a stout steel corslet , and sallied forth with my two rascals at my heels . I left these latter in ...
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... looked up when we entered ; not the slightest notice was taken of us . " Sir , " said I , after some small space , to the Groom of the Chamber who stood beside me , " I was sum- moned to appear before the Council . This is not the ...
... looked up when we entered ; not the slightest notice was taken of us . " Sir , " said I , after some small space , to the Groom of the Chamber who stood beside me , " I was sum- moned to appear before the Council . This is not the ...
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The X Jewel: A Scottish Romance of the Days of James VI. Frederick Charles Moncreiff Visualização integral - 1896 |
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