Waverley, Or, 'Tis Sixty Years SinceBlack, 1911 - 503 páginas |
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... passing through the thicket where you found us , I was surprised by a cross - bow bolt whizzing past mine head . I drew my sword , and rushed into the thicket , but was instantly assailed by two ruffians , while other two made towards ...
... passing through the thicket where you found us , I was surprised by a cross - bow bolt whizzing past mine head . I drew my sword , and rushed into the thicket , but was instantly assailed by two ruffians , while other two made towards ...
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... passing the equinoctials of Quenbus ; ' twas very good , i ' faith ! " It is entertaining to find commentators seeking to discover some mean ing in the professional jargon of such a passage as this . There was ne'er a lad in all the ...
... passing the equinoctials of Quenbus ; ' twas very good , i ' faith ! " It is entertaining to find commentators seeking to discover some mean ing in the professional jargon of such a passage as this . There was ne'er a lad in all the ...
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... passed in the Highlands , betwixt these memorable eras ; and I have heard , was remarkable , among other exploits , for having fought a duel with the broadsword with the celebrated Rob Roy MacGregor , at the Clachan of Balquidder ...
... passed in the Highlands , betwixt these memorable eras ; and I have heard , was remarkable , among other exploits , for having fought a duel with the broadsword with the celebrated Rob Roy MacGregor , at the Clachan of Balquidder ...
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... passing daily before our eyes , and are interesting from their novelty . Thus the coat - of - mail of our ancestors , and the triple - furred pelisse of our modern beaux , may , though for very different reasons , be equally fit for the ...
... passing daily before our eyes , and are interesting from their novelty . Thus the coat - of - mail of our ancestors , and the triple - furred pelisse of our modern beaux , may , though for very different reasons , be equally fit for the ...
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... passing , that instead of those mail - coaches , by means of which every mechanic at his six - penny club may nightly learn from twenty contradictory channels the yesterday's news of the capital , a weekly post brought , in those days ...
... passing , that instead of those mail - coaches , by means of which every mechanic at his six - penny club may nightly learn from twenty contradictory channels the yesterday's news of the capital , a weekly post brought , in those days ...
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