Not for Him: the Story of a Forgotten HeroR. Carter & Brothers, 1883 - 224 pages |
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... order mine own life , I warrant thee I should have wed with one Master Pride , that was page to my good knight my father ; and when I wist that my said father had other thoughts for my disposal , I slept of a wet pillow for many a night ...
... order mine own life , I warrant thee I should have wed with one Master Pride , that was page to my good knight my father ; and when I wist that my said father had other thoughts for my disposal , I slept of a wet pillow for many a night ...
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... ordered , and mine house as like to an holy convent as might be compassed ; and here is she none knows whither- taking her pleasure , I reckon - and these caitiff hild- ings making the very walls for to ring with their wicked foolish ...
... ordered , and mine house as like to an holy convent as might be compassed ; and here is she none knows whither- taking her pleasure , I reckon - and these caitiff hild- ings making the very walls for to ring with their wicked foolish ...
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... , yet of both there were very few indeed , and they were mainly to be found among the religious orders . In watching the illustrious persons on the daïs one thing struck Clarice as extremely odd , which would never 32 NOT FOR HIM .
... , yet of both there were very few indeed , and they were mainly to be found among the religious orders . In watching the illustrious persons on the daïs one thing struck Clarice as extremely odd , which would never 32 NOT FOR HIM .
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... order ; while the friar who sat on the other side of the Countess was a Dominican , and much more agreeable to look at . At this juncture the Earl of Lancaster , who bore a strong family likeness to his cousin , the Earl of Corn- wall ...
... order ; while the friar who sat on the other side of the Countess was a Dominican , and much more agreeable to look at . At this juncture the Earl of Lancaster , who bore a strong family likeness to his cousin , the Earl of Corn- wall ...
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... orders of folly , and to sink her good - nature in submission to harshness . But she did her best , steered as delicately as she could between her Scylla and Charybdis , and always gave her girls the benefit of a doubt . The girls ...
... orders of folly , and to sink her good - nature in submission to harshness . But she did her best , steered as delicately as she could between her Scylla and Charybdis , and always gave her girls the benefit of a doubt . The girls ...
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