Westward ho !Macmillan, 1887 - Sermons, English |
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... dare despise the day of small things , if it has proved to be the dawn of mighty ones ? And it is to the sea - life and labour of Bideford , and Dartmouth , and Topsham , and Plymouth ( then a petty place ) , and many another little ...
... dare despise the day of small things , if it has proved to be the dawn of mighty ones ? And it is to the sea - life and labour of Bideford , and Dartmouth , and Topsham , and Plymouth ( then a petty place ) , and many another little ...
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... , " said Yeo ; " he will make a brave gamecock in a year or two , if he dares ruffle up so early at a tough old hen- master like the Captain . " At which there was a general laugh , in which 6 [ CHAP . I. HOW MR . OXENHAM.
... , " said Yeo ; " he will make a brave gamecock in a year or two , if he dares ruffle up so early at a tough old hen- master like the Captain . " At which there was a general laugh , in which 6 [ CHAP . I. HOW MR . OXENHAM.
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... dare say or do a mean or a ribald thing ; whom brave men left , feeling themselves nerved to do their duty better , while cowards slipped away , as bats and owls before the sun . So he lived and moved , whether in the Court of Elizabeth ...
... dare say or do a mean or a ribald thing ; whom brave men left , feeling themselves nerved to do their duty better , while cowards slipped away , as bats and owls before the sun . So he lived and moved , whether in the Court of Elizabeth ...
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... dare say that Mistress Rose Salterne , his Worship the Mayor's daughter , was not the fairest lass in all Devon . " " Eh ? Say that over again , my good sir , " quoth Sir Richard , who had thus arrived , as we have seen , at the second ...
... dare say that Mistress Rose Salterne , his Worship the Mayor's daughter , was not the fairest lass in all Devon . " " Eh ? Say that over again , my good sir , " quoth Sir Richard , who had thus arrived , as we have seen , at the second ...
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... dare demand of me . ” " Dare ! Act directs ! You rascally lawyer , you ! and whence does an ostler like you get your shilling to pay withal ? Answer me . " The examinate found it so difficult to answer the ques- tion , that he suddenly ...
... dare demand of me . ” " Dare ! Act directs ! You rascally lawyer , you ! and whence does an ostler like you get your shilling to pay withal ? Answer me . " The examinate found it so difficult to answer the ques- tion , that he suddenly ...
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