The Caged Lion, 1. köideMacmillan, 1870 - 347 pages |
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... poor bairn , " said his uncle , laying a kind hand . upon him , as in his eagerness he knelt on one knee beside the chair , " it must not be . It is true that the Regent and his sons would willingly see you in a cloister . Nay , that ...
... poor bairn , " said his uncle , laying a kind hand . upon him , as in his eagerness he knelt on one knee beside the chair , " it must not be . It is true that the Regent and his sons would willingly see you in a cloister . Nay , that ...
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... poor Duke , " said Sir David , satisfied ; " and you too count kindred with our royal house , methinks ? " " I am sprung from Walter the Stewart , so much I know ; my lands lie Carrick - wards , " said Sir James lightly , " but I have ...
... poor Duke , " said Sir David , satisfied ; " and you too count kindred with our royal house , methinks ? " " I am sprung from Walter the Stewart , so much I know ; my lands lie Carrick - wards , " said Sir James lightly , " but I have ...
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... poor prisoner , who have only now and then viewed the lady Joan Beaufort with dis- tant reverence , as destined to be my queen . All I can tell is , that her walk and bearing mark her out for a throne . " " And oh ! " cried Malcolm ...
... poor prisoner , who have only now and then viewed the lady Joan Beaufort with dis- tant reverence , as destined to be my queen . All I can tell is , that her walk and bearing mark her out for a throne . " " And oh ! " cried Malcolm ...
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... poor Robert III . in his unhappy reign , and in embassies to France had lost much of the rugged barbarism to which Scotland had retrograded during the wars with England . 1 CHAPTER II . THE RESCUE OF COLDINGHAM . Ir was C 2 Z. ] 19 THE ...
... poor Robert III . in his unhappy reign , and in embassies to France had lost much of the rugged barbarism to which Scotland had retrograded during the wars with England . 1 CHAPTER II . THE RESCUE OF COLDINGHAM . Ir was C 2 Z. ] 19 THE ...
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... poor lad understood the whole , his horror , grief , and shame were unspeakable . Before Sir James had done more than hear the outline of Halbert's tale , however , the watchers on the mound gave the signal that the reivers were coming ...
... poor lad understood the whole , his horror , grief , and shame were unspeakable . Before Sir James had done more than hear the outline of Halbert's tale , however , the watchers on the mound gave the signal that the reivers were coming ...
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