Not for Him: the Story of a Forgotten HeroR. Carter & Brothers, 1883 - 224 pages |
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... Lady Sybil's Choice . A Tale of the Crusades . Crown 8vo , 5 / - . " A most charming addition to these truly admirable tales . " - The Chris- tian . Margery's Son ; The White Rose of Langley . A Story of the Court ot England in the ...
... Lady Sybil's Choice . A Tale of the Crusades . Crown 8vo , 5 / - . " A most charming addition to these truly admirable tales . " - The Chris- tian . Margery's Son ; The White Rose of Langley . A Story of the Court ot England in the ...
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... lady whom thou art to serve . " " I humbly thank your Honour . " And dropping a low courtesy , the girl left the room , and returned in a minute with her work . " Thou mayest sit down , Clarice . " Clarice , with another courtesy and a ...
... lady whom thou art to serve . " " I humbly thank your Honour . " And dropping a low courtesy , the girl left the room , and returned in a minute with her work . " Thou mayest sit down , Clarice . " Clarice , with another courtesy and a ...
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... ladies were the wife and daughter of Sir Gilbert Le Theyn , a knight of Surrey , who held his manor of the Earl of Cornwall ; and the date of the day when they thus sat in the window was the 26th of March 1290 . It will strike modern ...
... ladies were the wife and daughter of Sir Gilbert Le Theyn , a knight of Surrey , who held his manor of the Earl of Cornwall ; and the date of the day when they thus sat in the window was the 26th of March 1290 . It will strike modern ...
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... lady of rank , where they might receive a suitable education , and , on reaching the proper age , have a husband ... ladies should have been considered competent in all instances to educate anybody's daughters but their own is a mystery ...
... lady of rank , where they might receive a suitable education , and , on reaching the proper age , have a husband ... ladies should have been considered competent in all instances to educate anybody's daughters but their own is a mystery ...
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... lady whom thou art to serve . " " I humbly thank your Honour . " And dropping a low courtesy , the girl left the room , and returned in a minute with her work . " Thou mayest sit down , Clarice . " Clarice , with another courtesy and a ...
... lady whom thou art to serve . " " I humbly thank your Honour . " And dropping a low courtesy , the girl left the room , and returned in a minute with her work . " Thou mayest sit down , Clarice . " Clarice , with another courtesy and a ...
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