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... gave entrance to the old loft , so that the young explorer , by dint of long exertion , could reach the second story unaided . And now his days were full of experiences . From his favorite spot near the kitchen fireplace , to the ...
... gave entrance to the old loft , so that the young explorer , by dint of long exertion , could reach the second story unaided . And now his days were full of experiences . From his favorite spot near the kitchen fireplace , to the ...
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... gave way to fears of imminent dangers at home . This was in the spring of 1763 , when Dick was five years old , but possessed of such strength and endurance as would be marvel- lous in a boy of that age nowadays . Almost as soon as the ...
... gave way to fears of imminent dangers at home . This was in the spring of 1763 , when Dick was five years old , but possessed of such strength and endurance as would be marvel- lous in a boy of that age nowadays . Almost as soon as the ...
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... gave a gro- tesque turn to his features , whose grimness was otherwise modified by amiable gray eyes . Sure , sonny , " he called out to the astonished and staring Dick , " it's the part of Providence I played towards ye that time ; in ...
... gave a gro- tesque turn to his features , whose grimness was otherwise modified by amiable gray eyes . Sure , sonny , " he called out to the astonished and staring Dick , " it's the part of Providence I played towards ye that time ; in ...
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... gave him other worlds to contemplate . When he had read and re - read all the volumes of his father's little stock , he took means to learn who else owned books in the neighborhood . The owners were few and far between , and fewer still ...
... gave him other worlds to contemplate . When he had read and re - read all the volumes of his father's little stock , he took means to learn who else owned books in the neighborhood . The owners were few and far between , and fewer still ...
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... gave him in turn the benefit of all faiths , and saved him from a deal of inconven- ience where piety ran strong . He had fought in 1743 with George II . against the French at Det- tingen ; " been out " with the Young Chevalier in 1745 ...
... gave him in turn the benefit of all faiths , and saved him from a deal of inconven- ience where piety ran strong . He had fought in 1743 with George II . against the French at Det- tingen ; " been out " with the Young Chevalier in 1745 ...
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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.