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... friendship and kindness to me , as well as the remembrance of the happy days passed in our childhood together , have left an impression on my heart never to be effaced . The book is of the most unpretending de- scription . CHAPTER.
... friendship and kindness to me , as well as the remembrance of the happy days passed in our childhood together , have left an impression on my heart never to be effaced . The book is of the most unpretending de- scription . CHAPTER.
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... passed out of their ' early days , ' it is hoped that the stories may find favour with her children's children . ' CHELTENHAM , Sept. 1865 . 6 PRINCE ALFRED , CONTENTS . • CHAPTER I. PAGE I vi PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION .
... passed out of their ' early days , ' it is hoped that the stories may find favour with her children's children . ' CHELTENHAM , Sept. 1865 . 6 PRINCE ALFRED , CONTENTS . • CHAPTER I. PAGE I vi PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION .
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... was indeed a lonely dwell- ing ! How wearily passed the hours ! no friend to talk to him ! no joy to cheer him ! How he longed to burst open the door of his dismal chamber , or to break down the iron bars of PRINCE ARTHUR . 13.
... was indeed a lonely dwell- ing ! How wearily passed the hours ! no friend to talk to him ! no joy to cheer him ! How he longed to burst open the door of his dismal chamber , or to break down the iron bars of PRINCE ARTHUR . 13.
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... passed many miserable years , and at last died , deserted by his former friends , hated by his subjects , haunted by the remembrance of his misdeeds , and almost broken - hearted . CHAPTER III . EDWARD OF CAERNARVON , THE FIRST ENGLISH.
... passed many miserable years , and at last died , deserted by his former friends , hated by his subjects , haunted by the remembrance of his misdeeds , and almost broken - hearted . CHAPTER III . EDWARD OF CAERNARVON , THE FIRST ENGLISH.
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... passed the lofty gateway , under the massive tower , and thought of the loneli- ness of the place , a shudder ran through her frame ; —should she live to leave those dismal walls again ? -and for a moment her courage drooped ...
... passed the lofty gateway , under the massive tower , and thought of the loneli- ness of the place , a shudder ran through her frame ; —should she live to leave those dismal walls again ? -and for a moment her courage drooped ...
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