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... leave , and that his leave might be hard to get , because Thornogre Thistlehair knew that upon his daughter's wedding - day he himself must die . " If , " said Olwen , " you come to my father and ask my hand of him , promise all that he ...
... leave , and that his leave might be hard to get , because Thornogre Thistlehair knew that upon his daughter's wedding - day he himself must die . " If , " said Olwen , " you come to my father and ask my hand of him , promise all that he ...
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... leave them , as most people do leave them now , unread . The remaining years of Swift's life were terrible in their gloom and misery . In 1728 Stella died . Esther Vanhomrigh had died years before . Nearly all Swift's friends had been ...
... leave them , as most people do leave them now , unread . The remaining years of Swift's life were terrible in their gloom and misery . In 1728 Stella died . Esther Vanhomrigh had died years before . Nearly all Swift's friends had been ...
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... Leave us the books belonging to these twenty years , and leave us those that belong to the twenty years following 1590. Then , if you must rifle our store , we shall have at least some of its most precious treasures still safe in our ...
... Leave us the books belonging to these twenty years , and leave us those that belong to the twenty years following 1590. Then , if you must rifle our store , we shall have at least some of its most precious treasures still safe in our ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE LAYS OF THE FIGHTINGMEN | 13 |
THE SINGERS OF THE CHURCH | 26 |
THE MONKS AND THEIR BOOKS | 32 |
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