Not for Him: the Story of a Forgotten HeroR. Carter & Brothers, 1883 - 224 pages |
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... Margaret , the Earl's daughter , with unflagging interest from first to last . " - Church Sunday Scholars ' Magazine . IMOGEN . A Story of the Mission of Augustine . Crown 8vo , 5 / - . 66 ' Illustrates with equal beauty and fidelity ...
... Margaret , the Earl's daughter , with unflagging interest from first to last . " - Church Sunday Scholars ' Magazine . IMOGEN . A Story of the Mission of Augustine . Crown 8vo , 5 / - . 66 ' Illustrates with equal beauty and fidelity ...
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... Margaret , that was my said Lord of Kent his daughter . And in very deed a good match it should have been , had it been well liked of them that were above them ; but the Lord King that then was - the father unto King Edward that now is ...
... Margaret , that was my said Lord of Kent his daughter . And in very deed a good match it should have been , had it been well liked of them that were above them ; but the Lord King that then was - the father unto King Edward that now is ...
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... Margaret , after the damsel that died - a poor compliment , as methinks , to the said Lady Maud ; and had I been she , the maid should have been called aught else it liked my baron , but not that . " Ah , but had I been he , thought ...
... Margaret , after the damsel that died - a poor compliment , as methinks , to the said Lady Maud ; and had I been she , the maid should have been called aught else it liked my baron , but not that . " Ah , but had I been he , thought ...
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... slowly coming to the conclusion , with dire dis- may , that the sharp - featured , sharp - tongued woman before her was no other than the Lady Margaret of Cornwall , her lovely lady with the pathetic eyes 26 NOT FOR HIM .
... slowly coming to the conclusion , with dire dis- may , that the sharp - featured , sharp - tongued woman before her was no other than the Lady Margaret of Cornwall , her lovely lady with the pathetic eyes 26 NOT FOR HIM .
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... Margaret strictly forbade any such frivolous doings in her maidens . They were still confined to their own sitting - room , except on some extraordinary occasion , and the only amusements allowed them were low - toned conversation ...
... Margaret strictly forbade any such frivolous doings in her maidens . They were still confined to their own sitting - room , except on some extraordinary occasion , and the only amusements allowed them were low - toned conversation ...
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