Tales of My Landlord, Том 1E. Duyckinck, 1820 |
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... Ilderton , offering mo- ney to the Dwarf , ' I'll pay for mine , as if it were spoken by an oracle to a princess . ' ' Truth , ' said the Soothsayer , can neither be bought nor sold , ' and he pushed back her proffer- ed offering with ...
... Ilderton , offering mo- ney to the Dwarf , ' I'll pay for mine , as if it were spoken by an oracle to a princess . ' ' Truth , ' said the Soothsayer , can neither be bought nor sold , ' and he pushed back her proffer- ed offering with ...
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... Ilderton , ' to supply deficiencies ; she's not quite a witch herself , you know . ' ' Lord , sister , ' answered the younger Miss Il- derton , ' what could I do with so frightful a mon- ster ? I kept my eyes shut after once glancing at ...
... Ilderton , ' to supply deficiencies ; she's not quite a witch herself , you know . ' ' Lord , sister , ' answered the younger Miss Il- derton , ' what could I do with so frightful a mon- ster ? I kept my eyes shut after once glancing at ...
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... Ilderton . ' And , if his magic diabolical should fail him , ' rejoined her sister , ' I would have him trust to his magic natural , and thrust his enormous head , and most preternatural visage , out at his door or win- dow , full in ...
... Ilderton . ' And , if his magic diabolical should fail him , ' rejoined her sister , ' I would have him trust to his magic natural , and thrust his enormous head , and most preternatural visage , out at his door or win- dow , full in ...
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... Ilderton , I would threaten him with a protestant son - in - law , and be glad of an opportunity to disobey him for conscience sake . And now that Nanny is out of hearing , let me really say , I think you would be excuseable be- fore ...
... Ilderton , I would threaten him with a protestant son - in - law , and be glad of an opportunity to disobey him for conscience sake . And now that Nanny is out of hearing , let me really say , I think you would be excuseable be- fore ...
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... Ilderton , ' but we will consider and devise something . Now that your father and his guests seem so deeply engag- ed in some mysterious plot , to judge from the passing and returning of messages , from the strange faces which appear ...
... Ilderton , ' but we will consider and devise something . Now that your father and his guests seem so deeply engag- ed in some mysterious plot , to judge from the passing and returning of messages , from the strange faces which appear ...
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