Black dwarf. Old mortalityA. Constable & Company, 1823 |
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Page 260
... Morton shook his guest by the shoulder in order to awake him . The first words he uttered were , " Bear me where ye will , I will avouch the deed . " His glance around having then fully awakened him , he at once assumed all the stern ...
... Morton shook his guest by the shoulder in order to awake him . The first words he uttered were , " Bear me where ye will , I will avouch the deed . " His glance around having then fully awakened him , he at once assumed all the stern ...
Page 326
... Morton , in a calm but melancholy tone ; " I believe that will be entirely in the bosoms of my judges . My guards spoke of a possibility of exchanging the penalty for en- try into foreign service . I thought I could have em- braced the ...
... Morton , in a calm but melancholy tone ; " I believe that will be entirely in the bosoms of my judges . My guards spoke of a possibility of exchanging the penalty for en- try into foreign service . I thought I could have em- braced the ...
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... Morton ; being now expressed as a friendly caution , now as an article of intelligence , and anon as a merry jest ; but always tending to confirm the idea , that , sooner or later , his romantic intercourse with her young mistress must ...
... Morton ; being now expressed as a friendly caution , now as an article of intelligence , and anon as a merry jest ; but always tending to confirm the idea , that , sooner or later , his romantic intercourse with her young mistress must ...
Common terms and phrases
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