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... Catherine de St. Valier , daughter of a younger branch of the noble French Canadian family of that name , was then in her seventeenth year , tall and well developed for her age , in carriage erect without AT THE SIGN OF THE GEORGE . 69.
... Catherine de St. Valier , daughter of a younger branch of the noble French Canadian family of that name , was then in her seventeenth year , tall and well developed for her age , in carriage erect without AT THE SIGN OF THE GEORGE . 69.
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... held out his hand to lead his sister to the coach ; but she stood reluctant , and said : " But the portrait , Gerard ! " As she spoke her eyes became moist . " I fear we must lose it , Catherine , A BROKEN SABBATH AND BROKEN HEADS . 75.
... held out his hand to lead his sister to the coach ; but she stood reluctant , and said : " But the portrait , Gerard ! " As she spoke her eyes became moist . " I fear we must lose it , Catherine , A BROKEN SABBATH AND BROKEN HEADS . 75.
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Robert Neilson Stephens. " I fear we must lose it , Catherine , " said Gerard , sadly . " If I can be of any service , " said Dick , speaking as calmly as his heartbeats would let him , and meet- ing with hot cheeks the first look the ...
Robert Neilson Stephens. " I fear we must lose it , Catherine , " said Gerard , sadly . " If I can be of any service , " said Dick , speaking as calmly as his heartbeats would let him , and meet- ing with hot cheeks the first look the ...
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... Catherine sent back one grate- ful but hopeless look , the driver cracked his whip , the coach rolled off , and the three men were left alone in the forest - bordered road . After a brief consultation , in which it came out that the ...
... Catherine sent back one grate- ful but hopeless look , the driver cracked his whip , the coach rolled off , and the three men were left alone in the forest - bordered road . After a brief consultation , in which it came out that the ...
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... Catherine and re- ceiving thanks from her own lips , although a delicious one , was also disquieting , and Dick was anxious to face the interview at the earliest possible moment . He therefore put himself and his clothes into the best ...
... Catherine and re- ceiving thanks from her own lips , although a delicious one , was also disquieting , and Dick was anxious to face the interview at the earliest possible moment . He therefore put himself and his clothes into the best ...
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Page 42 - Tom he was a piper's son, He learnt to play when he was young ; But all the tune that he could play, Was
Page 43 - prentice Tom may now refuse To wipe his scoundrel master's shoes, For now he's free to sing and play Over the hills and far away.
Page 79 - Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth...
Page 43 - prentice Tom may now refuse To wipe his scoundrel master's shoes, For now he's free to sing and play Over the hills and far away.
Page 148 - Common, where tents and everything necessary is provided for their reception. The rifle company at Roxbury and those from Prospect Hill, to march early tomorrow morning to join the above detachment. Such officers and men as are taken from Gen.
Page 42 - When I was young and had no sense, I bought a fiddle for eighteen pence, And all the tunes that I could play Was
Page 27 - OVER the hills, an' far away, It's over the hills, an' far away, O'er the hills, an' o'er the sea, The wind has blawn my plaid frae me. My tartan plaid, my ae good sheet, That keepit me frae wind an' weet, An' held me bien baith night an' day, Is over the hills, an' far away. There was a wind, it cam to me, Over the south, an' over the sea, An' it has blawn my corn an' hay, Over the hills an
Page 42 - Hark how the drums beat up again For all true soldiers, gentlemen ; Then let us 'list and march, I say, Over the hills and far away.
Page i - His Adventures on a Secret Mission for Queen Elizabeth. By ROBERT NEILSON STEPHENS, author of "An Enemy to the King," "The Continental Dragoon," "The Road to Paris.,
Page 43 - Over the kills, and far away. Courage, boys, it is one to ten But we return all gentlemen ; While conq'ring colours we display, Over the hills, and far away.