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... LADY 257 XII . THE DEVIL TO PAY AT THE PELICAN INN . 288 XIII . " UP AND DOWN IN LONDON TOWN " . XIV . " FAIR STOOD THE WIND FOR FRANCE " XV . AN ELOPEMENT FROM A DILIGENCE PASTORAL AND TRAGEDY · 323 352 . 376 • • 401 XVI . XVII ...
... LADY 257 XII . THE DEVIL TO PAY AT THE PELICAN INN . 288 XIII . " UP AND DOWN IN LONDON TOWN " . XIV . " FAIR STOOD THE WIND FOR FRANCE " XV . AN ELOPEMENT FROM A DILIGENCE PASTORAL AND TRAGEDY · 323 352 . 376 • • 401 XVI . XVII ...
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... SPECIMEN OF AMERICAN SHOOTING PAGE 452 XIX . THE FAVOR OF A PRINCE 474 XX . THE HONOR OF A LADY - IN - WAITING 499 XXI . " THE ROAD TO PARIS " 524 ILLUSTRATIONS . " A WILD THRUST BETRAYED THAT HIS EYE viii CONTENTS .
... SPECIMEN OF AMERICAN SHOOTING PAGE 452 XIX . THE FAVOR OF A PRINCE 474 XX . THE HONOR OF A LADY - IN - WAITING 499 XXI . " THE ROAD TO PARIS " 524 ILLUSTRATIONS . " A WILD THRUST BETRAYED THAT HIS EYE viii CONTENTS .
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... lady recently deceased . The dealer had thought , from the com- pany in which it came , that the " travels and adven- tures " were those of some clergyman of a hundred years ago , and he had placed the three much dilapida- ted volumes ...
... lady recently deceased . The dealer had thought , from the com- pany in which it came , that the " travels and adven- tures " were those of some clergyman of a hundred years ago , and he had placed the three much dilapida- ted volumes ...
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... ladies and soldiers ? " " They all did , I suppose . " " How many houses are there in Paris ? " " Oh , a great many thousand . ” " More than there are in Carlisle ? " " Oh , yes ! A hundred times more . " { " Where is Paris ? " " Oh ...
... ladies and soldiers ? " " They all did , I suppose . " " How many houses are there in Paris ? " " Oh , a great many thousand . ” " More than there are in Carlisle ? " " Oh , yes ! A hundred times more . " { " Where is Paris ? " " Oh ...
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... was his recollection of his former visits there . He could see Paris , the king and the palaces and the soldiers and the beautiful ladies and the great bridge , and return home by supper - time A LODGE IN THE WILDERNESS . 17.
... was his recollection of his former visits there . He could see Paris , the king and the palaces and the soldiers and the beautiful ladies and the great bridge , and return home by supper - time A LODGE IN THE WILDERNESS . 17.
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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.