The Caged Lion, 1. köideMacmillan, 1870 - 347 pages |
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Page 7
... felt little esteem for his prudence in displaying one at least of the treasures of the castle to the knight on the black horse . The stranger was a very tall man , of robust and stalwart make , apparently aged about seven or eight and ...
... felt little esteem for his prudence in displaying one at least of the treasures of the castle to the knight on the black horse . The stranger was a very tall man , of robust and stalwart make , apparently aged about seven or eight and ...
Page 14
... felt fresh accesses of angry jealousy , while the visitor talked as one able to report to the natives from another world , and that world the hateful England , which as a Scotsman he was bound to abhor . Had it been France , it had been ...
... felt fresh accesses of angry jealousy , while the visitor talked as one able to report to the natives from another world , and that world the hateful England , which as a Scotsman he was bound to abhor . Had it been France , it had been ...
Page 28
... felt a sense of strange awe , for they too had heard of this relic , a supposed fragment of St. Andrew's own instrument of martyrdom , which had belonged to St. Margaret , and had been thought a palladium to the royal family and House ...
... felt a sense of strange awe , for they too had heard of this relic , a supposed fragment of St. Andrew's own instrument of martyrdom , which had belonged to St. Margaret , and had been thought a palladium to the royal family and House ...
Page 33
... felt that here alone was his haven of peace , the refuge for the feeble and the fatherless . Their devotions performed , they ventured back to the outer hall , and on their return being notified , they were again admitted . Sir James ...
... felt that here alone was his haven of peace , the refuge for the feeble and the fatherless . Their devotions performed , they ventured back to the outer hall , and on their return being notified , they were again admitted . Sir James ...
Page 35
... felt as if he were a bird driven from its calm peaceful nest to battle with the tossing winds and storms of ocean , without one near him whom he had learnt to love . 66 It was still dark when the service had ended , and Prior Akecliff ...
... felt as if he were a bird driven from its calm peaceful nest to battle with the tossing winds and storms of ocean , without one near him whom he had learnt to love . 66 It was still dark when the service had ended , and Prior Akecliff ...
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