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Page 246
... gone . The inmates were in wonderment and conster- nation , and , conduplicated evil ! they could make no inquiry for one who lay under the ban of a bloody proscription . But wonders , as we all know , generally ensconce themselves in ...
... gone . The inmates were in wonderment and conster- nation , and , conduplicated evil ! they could make no inquiry for one who lay under the ban of a bloody proscription . But wonders , as we all know , generally ensconce themselves in ...
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... gone , And well gone if ' twill stay , When our good land seemed made alone For lords and ladies gay ; When brown bread was the poor man's fare , For which he toiled and swet , When men were used as nowt or deer , And heads were only ...
... gone , And well gone if ' twill stay , When our good land seemed made alone For lords and ladies gay ; When brown bread was the poor man's fare , For which he toiled and swet , When men were used as nowt or deer , And heads were only ...
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... gone forth to woo , Some listing gleemen in the ballion court , Some deep in ombre , some at lanterloo , Some gone a - hawking with the merlyon , Some at their noon - meat sipping Spanish wine , Some conning old romances on the lawn ...
... gone forth to woo , Some listing gleemen in the ballion court , Some deep in ombre , some at lanterloo , Some gone a - hawking with the merlyon , Some at their noon - meat sipping Spanish wine , Some conning old romances on the lawn ...
Contents
THE LAWYERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 5 |
THE ORPHAN John Mackay Wilson | 36 |
THE BURGHERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 44 |
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