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... the smart of suffering that we endure . In England , there is not a subject that dare extend his arm to fillip a peer of the realm . In Ireland , unless the lord have ability to his power , and power 8 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
... the smart of suffering that we endure . In England , there is not a subject that dare extend his arm to fillip a peer of the realm . In Ireland , unless the lord have ability to his power , and power 8 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
Page 21
... arms , ready to join the procession , was , with the excep- tion of a few men , buried under the ruins of this great edifice . Nine - tenths of the fine town of Caraccas were entirely destroyed . The walls of the houses that were not ...
... arms , ready to join the procession , was , with the excep- tion of a few men , buried under the ruins of this great edifice . Nine - tenths of the fine town of Caraccas were entirely destroyed . The walls of the houses that were not ...
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... arms their children , whom they hoped to recall to life . Desolate families wandered through the city seeking a brother , a husband , a friend , of whose fate they were ignorant , and whom they believed to be lost in the crowd . The ...
... arms their children , whom they hoped to recall to life . Desolate families wandered through the city seeking a brother , a husband , a friend , of whose fate they were ignorant , and whom they believed to be lost in the crowd . The ...
Page 38
... arms and swords of gold : they were of various shapes , but mostly dome ; and the valances ( in some of which small looking - glasses were inserted ) fantastically scalloped and fringed from the fronts of some the proboscis and small ...
... arms and swords of gold : they were of various shapes , but mostly dome ; and the valances ( in some of which small looking - glasses were inserted ) fantastically scalloped and fringed from the fronts of some the proboscis and small ...
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... arms and waist - cloth : their long Danish muskets had broad rims of gold at small distances , and the stocks were ornamented with shells . Finely - grown girls stood behind the chairs of some , with silver basins . Their stools , of ...
... arms and waist - cloth : their long Danish muskets had broad rims of gold at small distances , and the stocks were ornamented with shells . Finely - grown girls stood behind the chairs of some , with silver basins . Their stools , of ...
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