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... speak , nor even for some minutes could he achieve more than the repetition of the words , " Mary Brown . " " But hadna ye better come in , good sir ? " said she . " Ye may ken our auld saying , ' They that speak in the dark may miss ...
... speak , nor even for some minutes could he achieve more than the repetition of the words , " Mary Brown . " " But hadna ye better come in , good sir ? " said she . " Ye may ken our auld saying , ' They that speak in the dark may miss ...
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... Speak , my son ! -oh speak ! " " Shortly after I had joined my regiment , " continued Charles , " I was present in Devonshire , at what is called a revel . Our mess gave a purse towards the games . We put forward a Cumberland man belong ...
... Speak , my son ! -oh speak ! " " Shortly after I had joined my regiment , " continued Charles , " I was present in Devonshire , at what is called a revel . Our mess gave a purse towards the games . We put forward a Cumberland man belong ...
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... speak not of our parents ! or my heart Will burst ere morning , and from the tyrant rob His well - earned infamy . Richard . - Oh ! I must speak of them : They now will wander weeping in their chamber , Or from their window through the ...
... speak not of our parents ! or my heart Will burst ere morning , and from the tyrant rob His well - earned infamy . Richard . - Oh ! I must speak of them : They now will wander weeping in their chamber , Or from their window through the ...
Contents
THE LAWYERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 5 |
THE ORPHAN John Mackay Wilson | 36 |
THE BURGHERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 44 |
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