... that he would rather see his daughter dead at his feet, than married to a rebel, who had dared to take up arms against his most sacred and anointed Majesty. Reuben Apsley - Page 134by Horace Smith - 1827Full view - About this book
| Horace Smith - 1827 - 1150 pages
...which drr* down upon him a severe rebuke from mv uncle, but he had the heartlessness to declare that be would rather see his daughter dead at his feet. than married to a rebel, who had dared to tafce up arms against his most sacred and anomted Majesty." " Then there is an end of the marriage... | |
| Mrs. Warrenne Blake - 1909 - 426 pages
...Pellew Islands 2 was going to be married to Monsieur de Noailles. But I have heard since that her father would rather see his daughter dead at his feet than married to a Frenchman. Uncle James says that he would rather see Emily the wife of an English hairdresser than... | |
| Pierre Costello - English fiction - 1911 - 458 pages
...would lose Hannah. He remembered the dead man's words of conviction : " You know that Nathan Woolf would rather see his daughter dead at his feet than married to a Christian." Yes, indeed, that was true. The old man was a fanatic inmatters of religion. He had just... | |
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