The X Jewel: A Scottish Romance of the Days of James VI.Harper & Brothers, 1896 - 262 páginas |
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... a bow to the keeper of the place . Then turning our backs to the Law of North Berwick and the Bass Rock - it was a clear morning , and I saw both very plainly — we made for Berwick . There I found those who had interest THE X JEWEL . 9.
... a bow to the keeper of the place . Then turning our backs to the Law of North Berwick and the Bass Rock - it was a clear morning , and I saw both very plainly — we made for Berwick . There I found those who had interest THE X JEWEL . 9.
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... ( turning round and pretending to look at me critically ) " not amiss . Your cloak might have been made at Paris . Ah ! it was ? Then you look strong and I am for men who can beat each other to pieces with broadswords . That's a man's ...
... ( turning round and pretending to look at me critically ) " not amiss . Your cloak might have been made at Paris . Ah ! it was ? Then you look strong and I am for men who can beat each other to pieces with broadswords . That's a man's ...
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... turned , grace- fully and coquettishly enough , I will admit , to say— Good - bye , Mr Spy ; I should like to see you leap the wall again . " << There grew outside the garden wall a beech of gigantic proportions , which had much renown ...
... turned , grace- fully and coquettishly enough , I will admit , to say— Good - bye , Mr Spy ; I should like to see you leap the wall again . " << There grew outside the garden wall a beech of gigantic proportions , which had much renown ...
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... turned himself some other gate . From that day nothing had been heard either of him or his horse , and most had given him up for dead - indeed there could be no reasonable doubt that he was dead . Thereupon there had been a great ...
... turned himself some other gate . From that day nothing had been heard either of him or his horse , and most had given him up for dead - indeed there could be no reasonable doubt that he was dead . Thereupon there had been a great ...
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... intended as an appeal to me , but she looked in my direction , and I returned the look as if I had no understanding of such meaning . Following her eyes , my cavalier turned and saw me . " Ah ! " said he , " madame thinks 46 THE X JEWEL .
... intended as an appeal to me , but she looked in my direction , and I returned the look as if I had no understanding of such meaning . Following her eyes , my cavalier turned and saw me . " Ah ! " said he , " madame thinks 46 THE X JEWEL .
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