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... lord , " exclaimed the cardinal , " that I am not the fittest man at this table to accuse you , because your adherents assert that I am an enemy to all nobility , and particularly to your blood . But the charges against you are so ...
... lord , " exclaimed the cardinal , " that I am not the fittest man at this table to accuse you , because your adherents assert that I am an enemy to all nobility , and particularly to your blood . But the charges against you are so ...
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... lord , you would not , forsooth ! catch him . If he be justly suspected , why are you so partial ? If not , why are you so fearful to have him tried ? But it will be sworn to your face , that , to avoid him you have winked wilfully ...
... lord , you would not , forsooth ! catch him . If he be justly suspected , why are you so partial ? If not , why are you so fearful to have him tried ? But it will be sworn to your face , that , to avoid him you have winked wilfully ...
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... lord , the mouths that put this tale into yours are very wide , and have gaped long for my ruin . What my cousin Desmond has done I know not ; beshrew him for holding out so long . If he be taken in the traps that I have set for him ...
... lord , the mouths that put this tale into yours are very wide , and have gaped long for my ruin . What my cousin Desmond has done I know not ; beshrew him for holding out so long . If he be taken in the traps that I have set for him ...
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... lord ? Why , then they must know it . Either they have my letters to show , or can produce my messengers , or were present at a confer- ence , or were concerned with Desmond , or somebody betrayed the secret to them , or they were ...
... lord ? Why , then they must know it . Either they have my letters to show , or can produce my messengers , or were present at a confer- ence , or were concerned with Desmond , or somebody betrayed the secret to them , or they were ...
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... lord , exchanged kingdoms for one month . I would in that time undertake to gather more crumbs than twice the revenues of my poor earldom . You are safe and warm , my lord cardinal , and should not upbraid me . While you sleep in your ...
... lord , exchanged kingdoms for one month . I would in that time undertake to gather more crumbs than twice the revenues of my poor earldom . You are safe and warm , my lord cardinal , and should not upbraid me . While you sleep in your ...
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