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... rest for ever . " " And what are these conjectures ? " asked Buondelmonte . She answered with a sigh- " Sometimes I fancy that the accused might have been innocent , or at least more excusable than we have hitherto believed . " " Alas ...
... rest for ever . " " And what are these conjectures ? " asked Buondelmonte . She answered with a sigh- " Sometimes I fancy that the accused might have been innocent , or at least more excusable than we have hitherto believed . " " Alas ...
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... rest , and would spend hours on hours in singing to her lute all the saddest and most piteous strains she could call to mind . After this manner went the winter and the early spring away . It was now the middle of April , and May Avis ...
... rest , and would spend hours on hours in singing to her lute all the saddest and most piteous strains she could call to mind . After this manner went the winter and the early spring away . It was now the middle of April , and May Avis ...
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... rest her soul ! ) on whose decease both lands and lordship returned into the hand of her sovereign , the Count Dauphin . Nevertheless , that noble prince , whose bounty hath ever outrun my desert , was graciously pleased to proffer me ...
... rest her soul ! ) on whose decease both lands and lordship returned into the hand of her sovereign , the Count Dauphin . Nevertheless , that noble prince , whose bounty hath ever outrun my desert , was graciously pleased to proffer me ...
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... rest of the company . It may be thought that May Avis had not tarried thus long to en- quire after each and every one at Charlewode and Malthorpe , and all that had befallen in her home since she had left it . Her noble lord , the Prior ...
... rest of the company . It may be thought that May Avis had not tarried thus long to en- quire after each and every one at Charlewode and Malthorpe , and all that had befallen in her home since she had left it . Her noble lord , the Prior ...
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... rest of the maiden that night , maugre all her long and weary travel ; and she was already risen and afoot when there came a gentleman from the Lord Gilbert to bid her make ready in all haste to go with him to the palace . Throwing over ...
... rest of the maiden that night , maugre all her long and weary travel ; and she was already risen and afoot when there came a gentleman from the Lord Gilbert to bid her make ready in all haste to go with him to the palace . Throwing over ...
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