The Caged Lion, 1. köideMacmillan, 1870 - 347 pages |
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... crown . " A flush of crimson flamed forth on Sir James Stewart's cheeks , and his tawny eye glanced with a fire like red lightning , but he seemed , as it were , to be holding himself in , and answered with a voice forcibly kept low and ...
... crown . " A flush of crimson flamed forth on Sir James Stewart's cheeks , and his tawny eye glanced with a fire like red lightning , but he seemed , as it were , to be holding himself in , and answered with a voice forcibly kept low and ...
Page 42
... crown to hear it again ! " " Sir , " entreated Nigel , " remember how much hangs on your speed . " " The ballad I must have , " exclaimed Sir James , trying to shake him off . " It moves the heart more than aught I How runs it ? " ever ...
... crown to hear it again ! " " Sir , " entreated Nigel , " remember how much hangs on your speed . " " The ballad I must have , " exclaimed Sir James , trying to shake him off . " It moves the heart more than aught I How runs it ? " ever ...
Page 95
... crown , and that I cannot afford . I shall be pawning it ere long . " Instead of answering , the Lord Mayor quietly put his hand into his furred pouch , and drawing out a bundle of parchments tied with a ribbon , held them towards the ...
... crown , and that I cannot afford . I shall be pawning it ere long . " Instead of answering , the Lord Mayor quietly put his hand into his furred pouch , and drawing out a bundle of parchments tied with a ribbon , held them towards the ...
Page 139
... crown . What would it be if I had to leave this work half done ? " It He was interrupted by the sight of a young knight steal- ing into the camp , after a furtive expedition to Paris . was enough to rouse him from his despondent state ...
... crown . What would it be if I had to leave this work half done ? " It He was interrupted by the sight of a young knight steal- ing into the camp , after a furtive expedition to Paris . was enough to rouse him from his despondent state ...
Page 155
... crown in embroidery ; his robe was of scarlet silk , and over it was thrown a mantle of dark green samite , thickly powdered with tiny embroidered white antelopes ; the Garter was on his knee , the George on his neck . It was a kingly ...
... crown in embroidery ; his robe was of scarlet silk , and over it was thrown a mantle of dark green samite , thickly powdered with tiny embroidered white antelopes ; the Garter was on his knee , the George on his neck . It was a kingly ...
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