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... spirit , And I perhaps might like another A little better than a brother . Could I have one of England's breeding But ' tis a point they're all agreed in , That I must wed a foreigner , And cross the seas , the Lord knows where , - Yet ...
... spirit , And I perhaps might like another A little better than a brother . Could I have one of England's breeding But ' tis a point they're all agreed in , That I must wed a foreigner , And cross the seas , the Lord knows where , - Yet ...
Page 23
... spirits in which the nation were , it was looked upon as a singularly happy omen of the future , that the day of his majesty's accession happened to be the same with the anniversary of the battle of Agincourt . The circumstance of his ...
... spirits in which the nation were , it was looked upon as a singularly happy omen of the future , that the day of his majesty's accession happened to be the same with the anniversary of the battle of Agincourt . The circumstance of his ...
Page 38
... spirits . " Ah ! " replied her highness , " you have gone through the ceremony twice , and may think nothing of it ; but to me it is too new and momentous an event not to fill me with apprehension . " THE CORONATION . " The king's whole ...
... spirits . " Ah ! " replied her highness , " you have gone through the ceremony twice , and may think nothing of it ; but to me it is too new and momentous an event not to fill me with apprehension . " THE CORONATION . " The king's whole ...
Page 64
... of his sovereign , resolved to make reparation , by restoring Mr. M'Kenzie to his office . This act was immediately construed , by the illiberal spirit of party , into a coalition with the favourite 64 PERCY ANECDOTES .
... of his sovereign , resolved to make reparation , by restoring Mr. M'Kenzie to his office . This act was immediately construed , by the illiberal spirit of party , into a coalition with the favourite 64 PERCY ANECDOTES .
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Reuben Percy. spirit of party , into a coalition with the favourite ; though nothing could be more in the true spirit of this honourable man , whose zeal was ever ready to kindle at the slightest appearance of injustice , or more ...
Reuben Percy. spirit of party , into a coalition with the favourite ; though nothing could be more in the true spirit of this honourable man , whose zeal was ever ready to kindle at the slightest appearance of injustice , or more ...
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