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... the inevitable , betook themselves elsewhere . Wetheral , with all his love for the free life of the woods , welcomed civilization , for he was of gentle - birth and of what passed in those days as 2 THE ROAD TO PARIS .
... the inevitable , betook themselves elsewhere . Wetheral , with all his love for the free life of the woods , welcomed civilization , for he was of gentle - birth and of what passed in those days as 2 THE ROAD TO PARIS .
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Robert Neilson Stephens. - birth and of what passed in those days as good edu- cation , and had a taste for learning ... passing , on the way , through the belt of country industriously tilled by the growing German Protestant population ...
Robert Neilson Stephens. - birth and of what passed in those days as good edu- cation , and had a taste for learning ... passing , on the way , through the belt of country industriously tilled by the growing German Protestant population ...
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... passed from his sight for- He cleared his throat , swallowed down the lump in it , and turned his eyes forward towards the east . Tom MacAlister's grim face wore a look of quiet elation , and he could be heard softly whis- tling , as he ...
... passed from his sight for- He cleared his throat , swallowed down the lump in it , and turned his eyes forward towards the east . Tom MacAlister's grim face wore a look of quiet elation , and he could be heard softly whis- tling , as he ...
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... passed by MacAlister , on the horse , which Tom , on coming up to it , had untied and mounted . Walking on alone , Dick in due time found the horse tied at the path's side , and mounted to overtake and pass Tom in turn . He caught up to ...
... passed by MacAlister , on the horse , which Tom , on coming up to it , had untied and mounted . Walking on alone , Dick in due time found the horse tied at the path's side , and mounted to overtake and pass Tom in turn . He caught up to ...
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... look , each time the road made a turn , for the horse standing at the side of the way , accordingly to agree- ment . An hour had passed since the tavern had been left behind . Another hour followed . At last Dick 54 THE ROAD TO PARIS .
... look , each time the road made a turn , for the horse standing at the side of the way , accordingly to agree- ment . An hour had passed since the tavern had been left behind . Another hour followed . At last Dick 54 THE ROAD TO PARIS .
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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.