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... obtaining a couple of good horses . " There's no a brute in the stable that could travel five miles the night , " was the disappointing answer . " Can you not borrow from some of your neighbours ? " " No - at any rate , I cannot think o ...
... obtaining a couple of good horses . " There's no a brute in the stable that could travel five miles the night , " was the disappointing answer . " Can you not borrow from some of your neighbours ? " " No - at any rate , I cannot think o ...
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... obtain your release , and until then regard me as your friend - your brother who devotes his life to your happiness . " " You give me new strength , and henceforth you shall find me as fearless and unfaltering as yourself . " He pressed ...
... obtain your release , and until then regard me as your friend - your brother who devotes his life to your happiness . " " You give me new strength , and henceforth you shall find me as fearless and unfaltering as yourself . " He pressed ...
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... obtained by force . No word or look of mine gave assent to the bond which you hold over me . Foully and cruelly it was thrust upon me , and the dear Virgin be my witness now that I renounce it utterly - I spurn it from me , and no power ...
... obtained by force . No word or look of mine gave assent to the bond which you hold over me . Foully and cruelly it was thrust upon me , and the dear Virgin be my witness now that I renounce it utterly - I spurn it from me , and no power ...
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... obtain a clear view of her face , whilst it imparted a certain gaukiness to her figure which none of them could have associated with Katherine Janfarie . A big clumsy fellow , in the coarse garb of a common hind , was stretched on the ...
... obtain a clear view of her face , whilst it imparted a certain gaukiness to her figure which none of them could have associated with Katherine Janfarie . A big clumsy fellow , in the coarse garb of a common hind , was stretched on the ...
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... obtained , the monk demanded an explanation of the outrage upon the town's repose . Twenty voices attempted to answer him at once , but the Superior motioned them to silence as Sir Robert Cochrane advanced and made himself known . He ...
... obtained , the monk demanded an explanation of the outrage upon the town's repose . Twenty voices attempted to answer him at once , but the Superior motioned them to silence as Sir Robert Cochrane advanced and made himself known . He ...
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