Black dwarf. Old mortalityA. Constable & Company, 1823 |
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Page 109
... mind that witches and warlocks havena half the power they had lang syne ; at least , sure am I , that ae ill - deviser , like auld Ellies- law , or ae ill - doer like that d - d villain Westburnflat , is a greater plague and abomination ...
... mind that witches and warlocks havena half the power they had lang syne ; at least , sure am I , that ae ill - deviser , like auld Ellies- law , or ae ill - doer like that d - d villain Westburnflat , is a greater plague and abomination ...
Page 156
... mind , the door of her apartment was slowly opened . CHAPTER XV . The darksome cave they enter , where they found The woeful man low sitting on the ground , Musing full sadly on his sullen mind . Faery Queen , THE intruder on Miss ...
... mind , the door of her apartment was slowly opened . CHAPTER XV . The darksome cave they enter , where they found The woeful man low sitting on the ground , Musing full sadly on his sullen mind . Faery Queen , THE intruder on Miss ...
Page 165
... mind ; the first he despised , the last only served him as far as it afforded him the means of indulging his strange and wayward fancy . He had renounced the Catholic religion , but perhaps some of its doctrines continued to influence ...
... mind ; the first he despised , the last only served him as far as it afforded him the means of indulging his strange and wayward fancy . He had renounced the Catholic religion , but perhaps some of its doctrines continued to influence ...
Common terms and phrases
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