Lives of the Princesses of England, from the Norman Conquest, Volumen 6Longman, Brown, Green, Longman, & Roberts, 1857 |
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Página 382 - to say my long prayer (meaning the Lord's Prayer) ; but I will say my short one, Lighten mine eyes, O Lord, lest I sleep the sleep of death.
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