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Page 76
... blood of Brown , and of my darling child , and my beloved wife - think ye not , wot ye not , that their blood , and the blood of the thousand saints which ye have shed , will yet be required , ay , fearfully required , even to the last ...
... blood of Brown , and of my darling child , and my beloved wife - think ye not , wot ye not , that their blood , and the blood of the thousand saints which ye have shed , will yet be required , ay , fearfully required , even to the last ...
Page 141
... blood was hereditary , and the heart that is fed by the blood , and which impels it . If it had not been that Aminadab married the portly Janet , we might have heard no more of the fortunes of this man . But how true Aminadab's ...
... blood was hereditary , and the heart that is fed by the blood , and which impels it . If it had not been that Aminadab married the portly Janet , we might have heard no more of the fortunes of this man . But how true Aminadab's ...
Page 158
... blood to its young , who were holding their mouths open to drink it in . " There , " said he , " is the Pelican ; " words she remembered even to that hour , for they were imprinted upon her mind by the formidable appearance of the ...
... blood to its young , who were holding their mouths open to drink it in . " There , " said he , " is the Pelican ; " words she remembered even to that hour , for they were imprinted upon her mind by the formidable appearance of the ...
Contents
THE LAWYERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 5 |
THE ORPHAN John Mackay Wilson | 36 |
THE BURGHERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 44 |
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