New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 163Henry Colburn, 1878 |
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... Willis , seeing her dislike and hatred to poor Mary , and her very palpable wish to get rid of her by placing her in a lunatic asylum , seconded the project by every means in his power . Here , too , he 2 The Miller of Eamont Bridge .
... Willis , seeing her dislike and hatred to poor Mary , and her very palpable wish to get rid of her by placing her in a lunatic asylum , seconded the project by every means in his power . Here , too , he 2 The Miller of Eamont Bridge .
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... wish to rid herself of Mary by sending her to a mad- house ; but like the imperious sovereign , Queen Elizabeth , who signed the death - warrant of ill - fated Mary , Queen of Scots , and then would shift all the odium of the murder on ...
... wish to rid herself of Mary by sending her to a mad- house ; but like the imperious sovereign , Queen Elizabeth , who signed the death - warrant of ill - fated Mary , Queen of Scots , and then would shift all the odium of the murder on ...
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... wish you would speak to your client , and try and make her hear reason . " The wretched Willis , who knew that he could as soon induce a wild beast to listen to reason as Mrs. Gurnett in one of her angry moods , hesitatingly remarked to ...
... wish you would speak to your client , and try and make her hear reason . " The wretched Willis , who knew that he could as soon induce a wild beast to listen to reason as Mrs. Gurnett in one of her angry moods , hesitatingly remarked to ...
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... wish to do so ? What is to prevent me from ordering thy tongue to be torn out of thy mouth for thy insolence ? " The servant was nonplussed by the threat , but , still faithful to his interest , continued to remonstrate against the ...
... wish to do so ? What is to prevent me from ordering thy tongue to be torn out of thy mouth for thy insolence ? " The servant was nonplussed by the threat , but , still faithful to his interest , continued to remonstrate against the ...
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... wish that the dethroned king should die the most horrible of all deaths - that of starvation - and already for three days had the prisoner languished within his cold cell , unfed and alone . Nor would Evander be the first whom the ...
... wish that the dethroned king should die the most horrible of all deaths - that of starvation - and already for three days had the prisoner languished within his cold cell , unfed and alone . Nor would Evander be the first whom the ...
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